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Letter "P" » Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
«I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got.»
«People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.»
«It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.»
«Actors can't act alone. The only way to act well is when you know the other actor has your back. And these actors had my back and I hope they know that I had theirs.»
«That's what attracted me to it. I wasn't interested in doing it if it was just going to be about trying to portray Truman Capote and if I could be successful or not. It really was about the inevitability of a tragedy unfolding.»
«I was probably finding my feet more than anybody. I really have to say I was more obsessed with myself faltering than anybody else.»
«It was a daunting thing, when they came to my house and offered me the role. I weighed 240 pounds. At the time, my girlfriend was pregnant and we basically were beached whales together. And it was a long trip over time to get to a size that I could fit into these suits that he wore.»
«As a producer, as someone standing outside the film, we knew that the story wasn't going to shine (Capote) in the best of lights. What happens to him, and it's not pleasant, begins his downfall. This guy dies at 59, without writing another (long-form) book. So that's the story. We're just telling the tale of the events that got that ball rolling.»
«It was all that (drugs and alcohol), yeah. It was anything I could get my hands on ... I liked it all.»
«I went (to rehab), I got sober when I was 22 years old. You get panicked ... and I got panicked for my life.»