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Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and creatively as I can.
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 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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Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.
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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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Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.
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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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My mum's name is Marilyn O'Connor. She's here tonight and I would like if you see her for you to congratulate her because she brought up four kids alone and she deserves congratulations for that.
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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.
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I've grown to really love musicals, you know?
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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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People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
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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 try to live my life in such a way that I don't have any regrets. That's probably why I work so much. I don't want to feel I missed something important.
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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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