I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. Philip Seymour Hoffman More Quotes by Philip Seymour Hoffman More Quotes From Philip Seymour Hoffman I have three children and I think I'm happy when I'm with them and they're okay. When I see them enjoying each other in front of me, and then they let me enjoy them in turn. That brings a feeling which I would say is happiness. Philip Seymour Hoffman feelingschildrenthinking I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in, and therefore make it un-pleasurable, like too much coffee, and you're miserable. Philip Seymour Hoffman too-muchcoffeethinking We really enjoy that, having a relationship with writers, developing material and getting a director, actors, that we have kind of that family kind of as a group we're going to do it together mentality in a project. Then the tough part is - so what actually goes has very little to do with us sometimes. Philip Seymour Hoffman groupstogetherdirectors Life is short. Time is short. As we get older, time does quicken. It's long, and it's long pertaining to that thought, that the past is not done with you because you can't rid of it. Philip Seymour Hoffman done-with-youlife-is-shortpast 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 entertainment The size of my head though is pretty abnormal. Philip Seymour Hoffman thoughheadprettysize
