Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AloneSupportImpossibleImportant

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

Joan Blades

FuturePresentBetterCommon Sense

Acting's all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn't attractive in anyone, but a film camera will seek it out and punish you.

John C. Reilly

ConfidenceCameraYouActingMean

One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It's just really fun for me.

Simone Biles

FunMeCompeteThingsCrowdJust

People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary - it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe.

Toni Collette

RelationshipYourselfHappyPeople

We have demagogues on all sides of the political spectrum. It's not helpful. It's destructive. It's harmful. So, I don't like demagoguery whether it comes from the left, it comes from the right.

Ron Johnson

PoliticalSidesRightHelpfulLeft

Fashion has always been in conflict with convention. Style involves some knowledge of both. But you can pretty much forget these seasonal injunctions.

Russell Smith

KnowledgeStyleConflictFashionYou

That was the greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off, to convince artists that you can't be an artist and make money. I think the people that were making the millions said that. It was almost shameful, especially in rock n' roll.

Jay-Z

MusicMoneyPeopleThinkYouArtist

I want to take my focus off myself and focus on God. It's like setting your spiritual compass so no matter which way you turn during the day, whatever comes up, then my thoughts go back to Him and whatever He said that morning.

Anne Graham Lotz

MorningGodMyselfFocusDayYou

People tell me I'm very ambitious right now. But I just have a lot of stories in my head, and why can't I do them all?

Allison Schroeder

PeopleMeNowWhyRightHead

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

Alice Lowe

FunnyThinkComedyYouKnowStrange

They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party.

William Henry Ashley

WinterSpringMePartyUpTake

Why hire these geniuses if they're forced to stick with the script? You want to empower your actors as collaborators.

Shawn Levy

YouWantWhyEmpowerHireStick

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