I would never not work on the part without it playing. That's what being an actor is. You use everything that's influenced… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
If I'm directing actors, I learn about acting that way. If I'm acting, I learn about directing that way. Producing is just… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
My favorite thing about acting is being alone and going through the scripts and working on it and getting ideas and asking… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting… — 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
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
I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other. — 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
