Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

I got sober when I was 22 years old.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

I had a father who was a traveling salesman.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Father, Salesman, Traveling

I have a family.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Business, Thankful, Wrong

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

God, Famous, Beautiful

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Handsome, Guys, Ok

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.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Great, Pretty, Acting

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Music, Different, Listen

I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Strong, Opinions, Ideas

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Leadership, Confident, Directors

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Less, Anonymous

I think part of being an actor is staying private.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actor, Private, Staying

I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Life, Yourself, Everyone

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 think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Love, Feeling, Passion

I try not to plan that too much.
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.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Work, Movies, Different

I've grown to really love musicals, you know?
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Love, Grown, Musicals

I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Movie, Stuff, Transition

I've never been on a cruise.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Great, Friends, Play

I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Job, Worked, Played

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

Time, Different, Try

If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Human, Strange, Earth

In a film there a lot of people scheduling, you know.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Film, Scheduling

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 23, 1967

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