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Plays never feel like the right thing to do at the time.
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 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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In film, you have to let go sometimes.
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I've never been on a cruise.
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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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In order for something to be born, something has to die.That's not always, but there is something about that that I find to be true. That is, it's a natural thing.
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I always knew where I needed to go but I sometimes had a problem getting there, so I had to work harder at it. Once in a while I'd wanna take off the blouse and heels because I'd get that I just wanna be a guy feeling I had when growing up.
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I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.
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[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.
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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.
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Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.
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With Good Night, and Good Luck, I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of how it's playing out today, that is journalism doing, are the journalists doing their job, are they being the other checks and balances in our country that the way that obviously Edward R. Murrow was back then.
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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.'
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When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.
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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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