American - Actor | July 23, 1967 - February 2, 2014
In film, you have to let go sometimes.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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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 the craft.
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My mum is incredibly intelligent.
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To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met.
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I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.
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When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.
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To act well isn't an easy thing.
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Yeah, writers do hate writing.
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Actors are investigators.
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The idea that you have a vision of what you're supposed to be, or going to be, or where your kids are going to be - and that that doesn't work out - is always going to be something that's going to affect people and move people.
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I think part of being an actor is staying private.
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The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.
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