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" No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird. "

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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" If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can. "

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

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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 had a father who was a traveling salesman. "

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

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

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" I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it. "

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" Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly. "

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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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" 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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