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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, director, and producer. Best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles – typically lowlifes, eccentrics, bullies, and misfits – Hoffman acted in many films from the early 1990s until his death in 2014.

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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.

Cake, Editing, Ingredients, Like, Room, Shopping

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

Acting, Actors, Careers, Crew, Make, Seeing

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

Life, Nothing, People, Personal Life, Risky, Talking

I'm probably more personal when I'm acting than at any other time. More open, more direct. Because it allows me to be something that I can't always feel comfortable with when I'm living my own life, you know? Because it's make- believe.

Acting, Believe, Comfortable, Direct, Feels, Personal

Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live.

Die, Dies, Learning, Live

Great talent admits shortcomings.

Admits, Great Talent, Shortcomings, Talent

I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.

Actor, Actors, New York, Riding, Thought, York

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

Directors, Film, Onstage, Theater, Think, Thinking

I was probably finding my feet more than anybody. I really have to say I was more obsessed with myself faltering than anybody else.

Feet, Obsessed, Obsession, Say

My ideal weight is 205, actually.

205, Actually, Ideal, Ideals, Weight

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.

Doe, Everybody, Insecurities, Insecurity, Insecurity And Fear, Like

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.

Acting, Changed, Film, Priorities, Way

I know that obviously, that if you want to get the story, if you want to get close to somebody, if you want to find out what is really the truth or what's really interesting, you have to create a trust between these two things, between the journalist and the subject.

Create, Interesting, Journalist, Stories, Subject, Two

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.

Awakening, Become, Children, Look, Looks, Parent

Bob Glaudini, the writer, he's a wonderfully talented man and all his plays and his screenplays, they all have sense of something bigger, even though you're looking at something very simple.

Glaudini, Man, Men, Play, Plays, Simple

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.

Different, Kids, Like, Music, Radio

I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that.

Dealing, Ideas, Like, Opinion, Somebody, Strong

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

Creating, Creating Something, Problem

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.

Explore, Life, Quality, Thing, Thinking, Want

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

Acting, Directing, Nervous, Play

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