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" 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. "

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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" In film, you have to let go sometimes. "

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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 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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" My ideal weight is 205, actually. "

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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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" Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends. "

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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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" My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater. "

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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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" 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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" To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met. "

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

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

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

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" You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body. "

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" I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts. "

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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 like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that. "

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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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