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
grateful thinking community
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.
thinking directors film
Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.
children thinking feelings
I have three children and I think I'm happy when I'm with them and they're okay. When I see them enjoying each other in front of me, and then they let me enjoy them in turn. That brings a feeling which I would say is happiness.
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.
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.
honesty humility thinking
I think you gotta have an honesty and a humility about human nature and that it's not about you at the end of the day.
funny thinking people
People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.
thinking acting difficult
Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.
thinking want directors
I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.
thinking quality want
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.
morning thinking
To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.
inspiration writing thinking
Ultimately, I think writing is a mixture of craft, inspiration, and being incredibly, courageously explorative with yourself - and being brutally honest, too.