Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

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

“My ideal weight is 205, actually.”

“My mum is incredibly intelligent.”

“People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.”

“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.”