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I had a father who was a traveling salesman.
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 know that obviously, that if you want to get the story, if you want to get close to somebody, if you want to find out what is really the truth or what's really interesting, you have to create a trust between these two things, between the journalist and the subject.
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I think you gotta have an honesty and a humility about human nature and that it's not about you at the end of the day.
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I don't know, I was young, I drank too much, you know, so I stopped. You know what I mean, it's not really complicated. I had no interest in drinking in moderation. And I still don't. Just because all that time's passed doesn't mean maybe it was just a phase. That's you know, that's who I am.
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If all people are encouraged to actually see who they're coexisting with, or even if they're not coexisting with other people.It's like to look at the world you're in.
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I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.
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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?
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If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.
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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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The strange thing is I never thought I'd do films.
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I think I would have drank myself to death, literally, if I didn't just stop, once and for all when I did. I am not ever going to preach to anyone about drugs or drinking. But, for me, when they were around, I had no self control.
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My soul is in good shape.
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Great talent admits shortcomings.
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I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.
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I think I'm less anonymous than I was.
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Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.
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I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.
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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.
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Sometimes I take a temperature of things just because everyone else does. Especially when I'm doing a play. I want to know what people are thinking, positive or negative.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.
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