Philip Seymour Hoffman

My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

The strange thing is I never thought I'd do films,

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

There is no pleasure that I haven't actually made myself sick on.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

My image of Jesus is someone who is exciting...Were he alive today, he would be causing havoc!

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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

Life is short. Time is short. As we get older, time does quicken. It's long, and it's long pertaining to that thought,…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in,…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

a self-awareness moment. All of a sudden everything he has done comes flashing into his mind, a self-criticism that is unbearable.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

There’s a period of time in your life when I kind of look back, and I’m like, was I happy, or was…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

When you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Something that could bring you wealth and fame could also be your end, your undoing.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

All over the world, young men and young women will always dream dreams.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I always knew where I needed to go but I sometimes had a problem getting there, so I had to work harder…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

My mum's name is Marilyn O'Connor. She's here tonight and I would like if you see her for you to congratulate her…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I don't want to repeat myself. I'm not going to play a guy like Allen in Happiness again any time soon because…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

I was probably finding my feet more than anybody. I really have to say I was more obsessed with myself faltering than…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman