Top 88 Quotes by Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think part of being an actor is staying private.

I had a father who was a traveling salesman.

I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts.

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.

I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

I try not to plan that too much.

Actors are investigators.

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