Top 88 Quotes by Philip Seymour Hoffman

I got sober when I was 22 years old.

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.

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.

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

I don't want to repeat myself.

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.

People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.

People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.