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
I have an awful memory, and I have a great memory. Meaning that, if I'm trying to remember something, I can't remember… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York,… — 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 try to live my life in such a way that I don't have any regrets. That's probably why I work so… — 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
