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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.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
Age: 46 †
Born: 1967
Born: July 23
Died: 2014
Died: February 2
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I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.
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Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.
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I had a father who was a traveling salesman.
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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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To act well isn't an easy thing.
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Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.
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My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.
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