Gaby Hoffmann

We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now…

— Gaby Hoffmann

If somebody smiles at me on the street, I'm like, 'Hi, have a nice day!'

— Gaby Hoffmann

My senior thesis was a documentary. By the time I graduated from college, I thought I was going to make films, and…

— Gaby Hoffmann

My mom could be pretty strict.

— Gaby Hoffmann

Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.

— Gaby Hoffmann

It's funny because I grew up with the T.V. on 24 hours a day. And the more money I made, the more…

— Gaby Hoffmann

History is weirdly dismissed as not having anything to do with the present moment.

— Gaby Hoffmann

Looking at somebody looking good is so... boring.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works,…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I've…

— Gaby Hoffmann

My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I thought I was a sexy symbol!

— Gaby Hoffmann

If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.

— Gaby Hoffmann

Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I don't think people should do things that they're not comfortable with, unless they want to stretch themselves in that way and…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I didn't even realize that I was interested in film until I was in college, and since then, I've had a very…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I'm interested in people. I'm curious about people, and of course we're curious about people whose work we respond to. So I'm…

— Gaby Hoffmann

When people are struggling, thats a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I think sexuality is fluid, and we have such a strange relationship to it in this country. It's been so fixed and…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I'm somebody who's super into psychology and analysis and the human psyche and the human experience.

— Gaby Hoffmann