Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.”

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

“People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.”

“It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.”

“You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.”

“No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.”

“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.'”

“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.”

“Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.”