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

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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" I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" The idea that you have a vision of what you're supposed to be, or going to be, or where your kids are going to be - and that that doesn't work out - is always going to be something that's going to affect people and move people. "

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

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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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" There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time. "

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" I don't want to repeat myself. "

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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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" People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be. "

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" My ideal weight is 205, actually. "

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" I got sober when I was 22 years old. "

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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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" I've never been on a cruise. "

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" It's really hard to watch things and then not think about anything afterwards. "

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