People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

My soul is in good shape.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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

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

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman