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Ultimately, I think writing is a mixture of craft, inspiration, and being incredibly, courageously explorative with yourself - and being brutally honest, too.
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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There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.
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In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.
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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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Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.
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Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.
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