Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

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.

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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WorkTimePeopleYouSeeingKnow

I think that my favourite animal is a baby possum, or a joey. The face of a really little joey is so divine - so, so gorgeous.

Mem Fox

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Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do owe them.

Ann Jillian

ParentsEnoughDutyLuckyUsStill

It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically.

Aneurin Bevan

ExperienceWillRuleWhoAxiomAges

The holidays are a rough time for the homeless, but it's a year-round problem we have to solve.

Mike Binder

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I don't really believe that documentary is objective reality and fiction is all illusion.

Mike Mills

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I don't think there is a person who loves the Nets as much as I do - from our fans, all the employees in the arenas, the front office personnel and the owners. I will always be loyal to our fans and the Nets.

Jayson Williams

ThinkEmployeesPersonWillOffice

Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.

Janine Benyus

WorkEnergySingleBecauseGetSip

If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

Jon Kyl

LeadershipChildrenToughProblems

I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon plays like 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Biloxi Blues.'

Jon Tenney

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Where I live, there is a group of fans who take me out to tea every year to pick my brains about what's coming up.

Diana Gabaldon

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I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail.

Denholm Elliott

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