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" People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside. "
Philip Seymour Hoffman
People
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ID
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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 know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft. "
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" To act well isn't an easy thing. "
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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 don't have a specific thing I want anyone to get out of anything I do. "
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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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" Ultimately what I'll do next is up in the air for me. "
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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 like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid. "
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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 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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" Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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