Quotes By Philip Seymour Hoffman

It's really hard to watch things and then not think about anything afterwards.

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.

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

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.

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

I don't want to repeat myself.

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.

Ultimately what I'll do next is up in the air for me.

I got sober when I was 22 years old.

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

One person's religion is another person's cult.

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

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

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.

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.

Actors are responsible to the people we play.

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.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.

There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem.

I've never been on a cruise.

You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.

There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

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.