For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said,… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I take a temperature of things just because everyone else does. Especially when I'm doing a play. I want to know… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I don't know, I was young, I drank too much, you know, so I stopped. You know what I mean, it's not… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I know that obviously, that if you want to get the story, if you want to get close to somebody, if you… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I'm probably more personal when I'm acting than at any other time. More open, more direct. Because it allows me to be… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
You must be really bad, because it is a puzzle. Creating anything is hard. It’s a cliché thing to say, but every… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I would never not work on the part without it playing. That's what being an actor is. You use everything that's influenced you to… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was a breed of people who aren't capable of doing anything, really. At college I began to get the idea that being macho… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in, and therefore… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
