And so I thank you for casting this short, 29-year-old, unknown actor with a prominent nose to play Benjamin Braddock, god bless you, sir. You're more than a great director. You're a real artist down to your toes, because you're insanely courageous. Philip Seymour Hoffman More Quotes by Philip Seymour Hoffman More Quotes From Philip Seymour Hoffman The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. Philip Seymour Hoffman obscuremotivationalworld You must be really bad, because it is a puzzle. Creating anything is hard. It’s a cliché thing to say, but every time you start a job, you just don’t know anything. I mean, I can break something down, but ultimately I don’t know anything when I start work on a new movie. You start stabbing out, and you make a mistake, and it’s not right, and then you try again and again. The key is you have to commit. And that’s hard because you have to find what it is you are committing to. Philip Seymour Hoffman moving-onmovieinspirational I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me. Philip Seymour Hoffman fightingstrugglecharacter Don't let people treat you like a cigarette, they only use you when they're bored and step on you when they're done. Be like drugs, let them die for you. Philip Seymour Hoffman boreddrugpeople To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning. Philip Seymour Hoffman morningthinking Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and creatively as I can. Philip Seymour Hoffman judgingplaypeople Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for the money. Do plays. It's not worth it if you are just in it for the money. You have to love it. Philip Seymour Hoffman actingplayteacher 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. Philip Seymour Hoffman shoppingcakeediting If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged. Philip Seymour Hoffman strangehumansearth Creating something is all about problem-solving. Philip Seymour Hoffman creating-somethingcreatingproblem Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love. Philip Seymour Hoffman struggleselfthinking My soul is in good shape. Philip Seymour Hoffman my-soulshapessoul I'm probably more personal when I'm acting than at any other time. More open, more direct. Because it allows me to be something that I can't always feel comfortable with when I'm living my own life, you know? Because it's make-believe. Philip Seymour Hoffman actingfeelsbelieve 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 seriousinspirationalthinking There’s a period of time in your life when I kind of look back, and I’m like, was I happy, or was I just not aware? Philip Seymour Hoffman My image of Jesus is someone who is exciting...Were he alive today, he would be causing havoc! Philip Seymour Hoffman live-for-todaywould-bejesus Yeah, writers do hate writing. Philip Seymour Hoffman yeahhatewriting 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. Philip Seymour Hoffman insecurity-and-fearinsecuritydoe Actors are responsible to the people we play. Philip Seymour Hoffman actorsplaypeople I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do. Philip Seymour Hoffman wantdirectorsthinking
