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Letter "P" » Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
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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.»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«There isn't, like, one formula, ... Everybody has their own way to go about it. Everybody is ultimately looking for that something that will spark their imagination, what will propel them forward with some passion to make the part work.»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«I don't know what to do.' »
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«You can't just work on the voice or work on how he walks or how he feels,»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«That technical stuff is really practice. It's not some magical thing. It's hard work, like an athlete, in a way. You just have to practice how to embody this character. If I'm playing a character who isn't like I am, it can take months and months.»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«The voice came right away,»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«I knew everything he did (physically) influenced how he behaved. They couldn't be separated from each other. That was the struggle (for me), trying to get them together.»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«[The film puts Hoffman under a microscope.] I was drawn to the part because it shows Capote before he became a fool, ... It's a difficult line to walk. He starts the journey not knowing what is going to happen. It's a classic tragedy that has to unfold. I don't think he's aware of it. Something gets sparked and sets his imagination flying. He goes where it takes him. He needs to finish. He knows he will be a huge success. In the fourth and fifth year, he starts to want the two men dead. I didn't crucify him in my mind.»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«The last thing I wanted to do was mimic him. I wanted to get his essence. It was the hardest thing I ever did on film.»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
«The movie is about knowing that somebody has lost his soul out there, somebody has destroyed a part of himself. ... The minute he saw Perry Smith, the outcome was inevitable that two men would die -- one literally and the other figuratively.»
Author: Philip Seymour Hoffman
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