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

Among the reasons for this was the fact that the U.S.A. is one mass market. It is only when you have a mass market that large-scale manufacturing which involves very substantial expenditures can be justified. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#expenditures #fact #involves #justified #large-scale

At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#another #beginning #did #drafting #education

If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#common #europe #great #had #labor

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#currency #else #only #share #someone

Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#always #because #being #fired #getting

Creating something is all about problem-solving. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#amazing #amazing thing #because #directing #helping

Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#director #film #gun #hard #hire

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