Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Quotes

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.

Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.

I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.

Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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

The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.

The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

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