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" The size of my head though is pretty abnormal. "

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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

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" When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" Actors are responsible to the people we play. "

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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've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress. "

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" One person's religion is another person's cult. "

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" In a film there a lot of people scheduling, you know. "

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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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" 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. "

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

Philip Seymour Hoffman

" 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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" 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. "

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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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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" 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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" Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself. "

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" Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction. "

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" The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do. "

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