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

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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" I had a father who was a traveling salesman. "

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" Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious. "

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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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" Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire. "

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" To act well isn't an easy thing. "

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

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" Actors are responsible to the people we play. "

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" My mum is incredibly intelligent. "

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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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" When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about. "

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

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

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" The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not. "

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" I've grown to really love musicals, you know? "

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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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" I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got. "

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

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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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" The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater. "

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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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" 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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" I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. "

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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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" 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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