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" 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. "

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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" 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 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. "

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

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

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" I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I think part of being an actor is staying private. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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" When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have. "

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

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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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" My ideal weight is 205, actually. "

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" My mum is incredibly intelligent. "

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