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I was probably finding my fee...

I was probably finding my feet more than anybody. I really have to say I was more obsessed with myself faltering than anybody else.

Seymour Hoffman 16 quotes

Great talent admits shortcomi...

Great talent admits shortcomings.

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If you get a chance to act in...

If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.

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My image of Jesus is someone ...

My image of Jesus is someone who is exciting...Were he alive today, he would be causing havoc!

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My favorite thing about actin...

My favorite thing about acting is being alone and going through the scripts and working on it and getting ideas and asking myself questions, looking outside myself for them and researching and getting to the bottom of something and being creative with it as an actor and how to express it in a creative fashion. That's my favorite part. And, the actual acting of it.

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Ultimately, all characters ha...

Ultimately, all characters have some negative and positive energies. That's just how I see it. I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.

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To have that concentration to...

To have that concentration to act well is like lugging things up staircases in your brain. I think that’s a thing people don’t understand. It is that exhausting. If you’re doing it well, if you’re concentrating the way you need to, if your will and your concentration and emotional and imagination and emotional life are all in tune, concentrated and working together in that role, that is just like lugging weights upstairs with your head... And I don’t think that should get any easier.

Seymour Hoffman 16 quotes

Ultimately, I think writing i...

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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Don't let people treat you li...

Don't let people treat you like a cigarette, they only use you when they're bored and step on you when they're done. Be like drugs, let them die for you.

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Something that could bring yo...

Something that could bring you wealth and fame could also be your end, your undoing.

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Actors are responsible to the...

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.

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I was a breed of people who a...

I was a breed of people who aren't capable of doing anything, really. At college I began to get the idea that being macho wasn't the accepted norm in the liberal world, and especially the world I entered into, which was the artistic world. I had a lot of problems with that because I was struggling with the need to be proud of being a man, which wasn't something I was feeling.

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Sometimes it's hard to say no...

Sometimes it's hard to say no. Ultimately, if you stick to your guns, you have the career that you want. Don't get me wrong. I love a good payday and I'll do films for fun. But ultimately my main goal is to do good work. If it doesn't pay well, so be it.

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For me, acting is torturous, ...

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 Magnolia is one of th...

I think Magnolia is one of the best films I've ever seen and I can say that straight and out and anybody that disagrees with me I'll fight you to the death. I just think it is one of the greatest films I've ever been in and ever seen.

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My mum's name is Marilyn O'Co...

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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I always thought I'd be a New...

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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I don't want to repeat myself...

I don't want to repeat myself. I'm not going to play a guy like Allen in Happiness again any time soon because I did that and I don't want to tarnish or dilute that film by doing it again, maybe less well.

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I've been reading a bunch of ...

I've been reading a bunch of stuff lately - like Joseph Campbell - that has made me realize that people in our cultural, especially in the liberal community, often go in search of a foe. It's like we always need a hill to climb up or something to push against, or we feel as if we're not working constructively in the world.

Seymour Hoffman 16 quotes

Good work is the only thing t...

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.

Seymour Hoffman 16 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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