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You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#churches #cult #cults #look #own

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#director #i #i think #insulting #interpretation

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#gave #i #interests #most #our

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. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#i #i think #kind #love #passion

Ultimately what I'll do next is up in the air for me. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#i #me #next #ultimately #up

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#actually #best #best work #care #comes

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. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#certain #certain things #difficult #first #first time

When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#burden #carry #go #let go #lived

Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#cultural #documentation #glorification #human #human spirit

In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun. ↗

— Susanna Hoffs

#control #dance #expression #felt #free