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" I don't have a specific thing I want anyone to get out of anything I do. "
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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" 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. "
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" You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way. "
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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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" To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met. "
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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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" I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that. "
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" Ultimately what I'll do next is up in the air for 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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" 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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" 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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