Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

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.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 23, 1967 - February 2, 2014

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I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

Jerry Hall

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I love the Olympics.

Jennie Finch

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I don't entirely reject the idea of efficient markets. It needs updating.

Andrew Lo

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Back when you were doing plays like 'The Miracle Worker,' you had 20, 25 people in the cast. When you go to make the film, that's not such a stretch. But when you're doing plays like 'Proof,' it's just five people or something in the thing, and it gets to be a really difficult re-conception.

John Patrick Shanley

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Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I'll pick a year that's missing and ask for that one.

Alton Brown

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My parents constantly tried to talk me out of being an artist. They had gone through the whole journey with my sister and just wanted me to have a normal teenage life.

Solange Knowles

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I've been quite hyperactive since I was a child.

Roberto Firmino

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That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi. Printing lies, making accusations, it's just bullying.

Mila Kunis

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Can't make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The government guarantees it.

Jonathan Raymond

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I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony. There's some awful statistic about only 20 per cent of Americans being able to understand irony.

Douglas Coupland

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I played the guitar in ninth grade. My sister's friend went on a semester abroad, and she left the guitar at our house for nine months.

David Walton

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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.

Bode Miller

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