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" Creating anything is hard. "
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hard
Anything
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" 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. "
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" Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious. "
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" I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid. "
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" People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to. "
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" I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. "
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" I got sober when I was 22 years old. "
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" Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me. "
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" If I don't feel like I'm doing the job well, and I don't know how to get there, or I'm too scared, or whatever, I'm not a happy guy and I'm not pleasant. I'm not pleasant to be around. "
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" When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about. "
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" My mum is incredibly intelligent. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that. "
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