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

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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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. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I'd like to die listening to a piece of music. I imagine this as so easy, so natural, but naturally it's quite impossible. Notes stab too softly. The wounds they leave behind may smart, but they don't fester. Melancholy and pain trickle out instead of blood. When the notes cease, all is peaceful within me again. ↗

— Robert Walser

#melancholy #music #pain #death

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I got sober when I was 22 years old. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I had a father who was a traveling salesman. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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