I was a breed of people who aren't capable of doing anything, really. At college I began to get the idea that… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever,… — 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
There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I've been reading a bunch of stuff lately - like Joseph Campbell - that has made me realize that people in our… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
If all people are encouraged to actually see who they're coexisting with, or even if they're not coexisting with other people.It's like… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
To have that concentration to act well is like lugging things up staircases in your brain. I think that’s a thing people… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I do feel like all the people I meet, all the people I'm in discussions with, if I'm working with somebody, I… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
A lot of people describe me as chubby, which seems so easy, so first-choice. Or stocky. Fair-skinned. Tow-headed. There are so many… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Ultimately, all characters have some negative and positive energies. That's just how I see it. I didn't go out looking for negative… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Frankly, I get much more sensitive about what's written about me than how I look in a photo. I'm so used to… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting… — 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
