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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

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

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

I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#because #bottom #everyone #explore #get

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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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

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I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#company #constantly #different #different things #direct

I've grown to really love musicals, you know? ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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