Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffmanwas an American actor, director, and producer of film and theater. Best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles Hoffman was a regular presence in films from the early 1990s until his death at age 46...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 July 1967
CityFairport, NY
CountryUnited States of America
destiny influence you-choose
You have all the influence you choose to have.
opportunity missing ifs
In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.
fun gun careers
Sometimes it's hard to say no. Ultimately, if you stick to your guns, you have the career that you want. Don't get me wrong. I love a good payday and I'll do films for fun. But ultimately my main goal is to do good work. If it doesn't pay well, so be it.
congratulations kids names
My mum's name is Marilyn O'Connor. She's here tonight and I would like if you see her for you to congratulate her because she brought up four kids alone and she deserves congratulations for that.
people kind certain
People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.
sick pleasure made
There is no pleasure that I haven't actually made myself sick on.
play judging people
Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and creatively as I can.
pie weight bread
The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.
Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.
thinking play people
Sometimes I take a temperature of things just because everyone else does. Especially when I'm doing a play. I want to know what people are thinking, positive or negative.
emotional thinking imagination
To have that concentration to act well is like lugging things up staircases in your brain. I think that’s a thing people don’t understand. It is that exhausting. If you’re doing it well, if you’re concentrating the way you need to, if your will and your concentration and emotional and imagination and emotional life are all in tune, concentrated and working together in that role, that is just like lugging weights upstairs with your head…And I don’t think that should get any easier.
priorities acting way
My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise.
fighting thinking film
I think Magnolia is one of the best films I've ever seen and I can say that straight and out and anybody that disagrees with me I'll fight you to the death. I just think it is one of the greatest films I've ever been in and ever seen.
thinking duty smoke
When you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.