#su

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

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

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.' ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#dead #empathy #famous #god #i

The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#attention #center #drive #inside #me

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

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#alone #each #important #impossible #other

My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#always #been #came #changed #film

The idea that you have a vision of what you're supposed to be, or going to be, or where your kids are going to be - and that that doesn't work out - is always going to be something that's going to affect people and move people. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#always #going #idea #kids #move

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

I have a suicide impulse. ↗

— Hal Holbrook

#impulse #suicide