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" 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. "
Philip Seymour Hoffman
People
Struggle
Me
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" I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things. "
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" I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job. "
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" The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. "
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" Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love. "
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" People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside. "
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" Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction. "
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" I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film. "
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" I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that. "
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" 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. "
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Out
" I don't have a specific thing I want anyone to get out of anything I do. "
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" I've grown to really love musicals, you know? "
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Musicals
Know
" 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. "
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Surprise
Acting
Always
" Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends. "
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Me
Sometimes
" 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. "
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Doing
Dress
Out
" My ideal weight is 205, actually. "
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Ideal
Actually
" When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately. "
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Let Go
Go
Burden
" I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts. "
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Concerts
Buy
Go
" The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere. "
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Attention
Me
Succeed
" It's really hard to watch things and then not think about anything afterwards. "
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Things
Watch
Hard
" 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. "
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Day
Desire
Uncomfortable
" My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater. "
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Theater
Designer
Costume
" 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. "
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" I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got. "
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" I had a father who was a traveling salesman. "
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Traveling
" I try not to plan that too much. "
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Try
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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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" If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged. "
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" I got sober when I was 22 years old. "
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Old
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