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The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.
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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Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Television Actor
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Fairport
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Philip Hoffman
Phil Hoffman
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I was probably finding my feet more than anybody. I really have to say I was more obsessed with myself faltering than anybody else.
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Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.
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The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.
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For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful and I want that. Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great - well, that's absolutely torturous.
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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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The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.
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I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.
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There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.
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I think good art, if I could be pretentious enough to say, I think good art deals with the micro to explain the macro.
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