Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffmanwas an American actor, director, and producer of film and theater. Best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles Hoffman was a regular presence in films from the early 1990s until his death at age 46...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 July 1967
CityFairport, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Philip Seymour Hoffman quotes about
morning thinking
To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.
cake shopping editing
The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.
honesty humility thinking
I think you gotta have an honesty and a humility about human nature and that it's not about you at the end of the day.
teacher play acting
Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for the money. Do plays. It's not worth it if you are just in it for the money. You have to love it.
support important actors
It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.
jealous good-work envious
Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.
creating creating-something problem
Creating something is all about problem-solving.
together groups actors
We really enjoy that, having a relationship with writers, developing material and getting a director, actors, that we have kind of that family kind of as a group we're going to do it together mentality in a project. Then the tough part is - so what actually goes has very little to do with us sometimes.
matter stuff actors
Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly.
years sober
I got sober when I was 22 years old.
hate writing yeah
Yeah, writers do hate writing.
beautiful trying acting
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 and I want that. Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great - well, that's absolutely torturous.
people suffering energy
I do feel like all the people I meet, all the people I'm in discussions with, if I'm working with somebody, I sense the same energy that everybody is suffering from the same predicament.
insecurity doe insecurity-and-fear
I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.