Philip Seymour Hoffman

When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.