Quotes By Philip Seymour Hoffman

My mum is incredibly intelligent.

Actors are investigators.

Plays never feel like the right thing to do at the time.

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.

The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.

The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.

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.

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

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.

In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.

Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't desire any more fame. I don't need it.

The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I got sober when I was 22 years old.

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

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

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.