Philip Seymour Hoffman
Related As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius. SIMON COWELL , IN THE NEW REPUBLIC I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays an... ZACHARY KNIGHTON I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to di... CHRIS BURKE KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON RICHARD LINKLATER I believe in creative work. DEMIAN BICHIR We think it's the year of Philip Seymour Hoffman. TOM BERNARD WES ANDERSON You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer. I DONT KNOW PEDRO PASCAL I love 'Capote.' Huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman; if he's not my all-time favorite ac... CHRIS PRATT I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James De... DANE DEHAAN I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big m... SAM MENDES I spend a lot of time in California, but New York is still my main home. I go to see a lot of theate... ZELJKO IVANEK The reason I took Early Edition - besides the fact that I liked it - was that it enabled me to start... FISHER STEVENS I work as much as I can [during the school year], but it's really hard as a theater major [because I... TERESA NELSON Nobody said it was going to be easy, and nobody was right. , QUOTED IN ASIAWEEK MAGAZINE Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. , IN _A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY_ I think every actor has their list of roles that were near misses. I've had my share. I was very... MICHAEL EKLUND I like to play saxophone because you don't inhale. , ON A RADIO TALK SHOW IN NEW YORK MIKE BIRBIGLIA THOMAS GIBSON A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and... LAILA ROBINS So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to... LINDA LAVIN I was lucky that audiences in Mexico liked my work. I was even luckier when I got to do movies and p... DEMIAN BICHIR PATRICK MACNEE AIMEE BENDER CARRIE PRESTON I've done five of his nine plays, three of them in New York. Every night, with this, it's different.... ANTHONY CHISHOLM I didn't act in Israel, but I wrote plays at home and acted in plays at school. I tried to get a... ODEYA RUSH I believe in stopping work and eating lunch. L'WREN SCOTT WERNER HERZOG I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on ... JAKE BUSEY ALAN SHEARER I try to keep it two different entities. I don't want to be the guy who plays his own venue. AARON BAER It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it. ERIQ LA SALLE Actually, every time I am back in New York, I read for as many plays as I can. CHAD LOWE I always try to keep a little bit of space in the year to work with other people. Because I love doi... WAYNE MCGREGOR Day-to-day life is a lot of work. I work a lot on stand-up stuff, and then day-to-day life and, you ... CHRIS TUCKER I believe in tackling things you're afraid of. HANNAH STORM The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go ... , FAST COMPANY PAULA CREAMER JON ORINGER HANNAH SIMONE I always thought moving to New York would mean starting over in theater, because I had great work in... JESSIE MUELLER I don't know if I had any really bad plays, ... In the first half there probably were about two play... ADRIAN KLEMM HALEY WEBB If you can see it, you can be it. And I believe in that. ELIZABETH MARVEL CAMERON DALLAS In reality, I've always been an actor - since I was a kid. I did theater growing up in New York.... ZACH MCGOWAN I grew up in Cleveland and started doing plays in high school. And I went to the University of Illin... ALAN RUCK I actually love going to a lot of theater movies. I just love watching actors work and seeing how pe... ZELJKO IVANEK AISHA TYLER ISAIAH THOMAS I'm a big lover of Shakespeare. In fact, the only plays that I've ever done professionally i... SAMIRA WILEY I fell in love with acting, just going to a lot of plays. My parents went to a lot of plays, and I w... PATRICK J. ADAMS ALAN BENNETT When I auditioned for 'Animal House,' I had only done some plays at a local dinner theater i... STEPHEN FURST I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York. LAURA SAN GIACOMO I was working in Lexington when I recognized this actor, Michael Shannon, and I was like, 'What ... BOYD HOLBROOK DREW GODDARD ZUBIN MEHTA I believe in my music. RALPH STANLEY CHAD KROEGER I believe in forgiveness. PAM BONDI I believe in my writing. BARRY MANILOW I believe in rituals. CHARLES SIMONYI For a production that suggests a mysterious dreamscape, I have a particular affection for the Vivian... JACK O'BRIEN I have the same attitude with work - I like to go to work, I like to work really hard I, like to giv... ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY I thought, 'I'll come back to New York. I worked for the 'Aspen Times' when I lived ... DARIN STRAUSS Philip Seymour Hoffman thought he was God's gift to acting, even when he was 18. William H. Macy was... JANA PERI I came from Texas, I was studying theater at NYU, and I thought for sure that my lot in life would b... JAMES RODAY JAMES CASH PENNEY I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to... DAVID CROSS Ricky made a move to try to attract the linebacker and then dipped up and went vertical. I tried to ... CHRIS WEINKE I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and... THEO JAMES I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through. KAREN O I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for. CHARLES EVERS GAEL GARCIA BERNAL RICHARD DREYFUSS JUSTINE SKYE CARROLL SHELBY In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have di... MAX VON SYDOW TERRENCE MCNALLY A lot of teams want us to stay away from our plays because we run a lot of plays. So they try to spe... DREW WILLIAMSON Certainly, nothing would stop me coming home for Christmas, if I can. But I've worked a lot in t... BRIAN F. O'BYRNE I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commer... JOAN VAN ARK I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and... CHELSEA KANE Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her. FRANCIS I Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy. STANISLAUS I BAUDOUIN I Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. NAPOLEON I When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. GREGORY I I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING
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ANDRE SEYMOUR Our boxers need technical support and we need the technical coaches who work them to travel with the... ANDRE SEYMOUR If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? SEYMOUR CRAY JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR I've always respected the authority figures in my life, including my coaches. RICHARD SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR I love living with animals. And my children love animals. I love walking around and being with the h... STEPHANIE SEYMOUR I'm only a housewife, I'm afraid." How often do we hear this shocking admission. I'm afraid when I h... JOHN SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR Obviously 1 October is within that 30-day period. The earliest we could do it and protect those indi... JOHN SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR Grooming is 10 times more important than makeup. I use a hair gloss with a teeny bit of color in it ... STEPHANIE SEYMOUR A lot of kids don't realize he was a minister, that he had a number of college degrees, that he won ... ZOE SEYMOUR Thrumpton Hall can be thought of as a venerable old lady, ageing gracefully. But I didn't always... MIRANDA SEYMOUR It doesn't matter that Bush scares the hell out of me. What matters is that he scares the hell o... SEYMOUR HERSH JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR I'm playing a key position in the side and it sort of starts there and pans out. I want to make this... BRETT SEYMOUR What determined whether the people before my eyes really are themselves, was my own self. If I were ... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER Hunter and John [Belushi] both shared a sense of possibility, and they seemed to have no limits. The... COREY SEYMOUR John Belushi had that aura of someone who doesn't have a lot of time - that's why he was a little fr... COREY SEYMOUR I don't even know if it's this state, but if you're making a horror movie with some nudity, it's a b... EDWARD SEYMOUR The best book a writer can ever write is a book that chooses its readers, not the other way around. SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER JANE SEYMOUR I prefer Hot Dogs over dogs and Kit Kats over cats anytime. At least these two are edible. SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER We leave a part of us at every break up, try tearing a pinch of flesh out of your arms, it hurts as ... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER Paper is more patient than man, but it is still nothing compared to a good friend. SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER It's more of a parody. We didn't start that way, but the way we write and think, it turns into a com... EDWARD SEYMOUR I'd like to see something similar to the program that was in place back when Jimmy Carter was presid... DAN SEYMOUR When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the... SEYMOUR CASSEL We've been used to kind of playing till the final game is over with. RICHARD SEYMOUR With the number of families coming into the district, in October, if it looks like it's continuing a... BOB SEYMOUR I like classic clean lines with a little bit of edge. I like to make a statement in a suit, rather t... RICHARD SEYMOUR "Perhaps a more important reason for having education is the reality of not having an education and ... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER Sometimes, we'll find ourselves having no choice but to wake up from our dreams. There is of course ... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER Contrary to the usage of the English language... When it comes to God's timing, there is no such thi... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER To a man, his world is what he sees, thinks and believes. But the man is not the world. He is just a... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER Recreational opportunities are our biggest draw. We have river activities and an aquatic park. The b... JOHN SEYMOUR Recreational opportunities are our biggest draw. We have river activities and an aquatic park. The b... JOHN SEYMOUR Any attempt to correlate their political contributions to policy is patently false on its face. DON SEYMOUR I probably will heat about the same way I always have, although I am considering possibly getting a ... DAN SEYMOUR This is a command that's being relocated here. That's very permanent because it's hard to relocate t... JOHN SEYMOUR Anytime we go up against an offense that likes to run the football like they do, it?s up to the defe... RICHARD SEYMOUR We?re not going to hold our heads down because it?s a long season. We still have a lot of work to do... RICHARD SEYMOUR They're a football team that's kind of run oriented. If they can punish you with the run, then that'... RICHARD SEYMOUR No. He didn't get in. RICHARD SEYMOUR We took one on the chin. We accept that. RICHARD SEYMOUR It's good for the defensive line. If the team is always in a certain position, they know where you'r... RICHARD SEYMOUR It's good for the defensive line. RICHARD SEYMOUR We have the talent with Ty Warren , Jarvis Green, Big Wilfork and it's just a matter of going out an... RICHARD SEYMOUR The Slaying of Jean Charles de Menezes RICHARD SEYMOUR It's good for Ty. I think he went through a little bit of a tough time, trying to find his place, tr... RICHARD SEYMOUR Our commander said
the Viet Cong are farmers
by day.. guerillas by night.
Look for those who are ... SEYMOUR HERSH My favorite is a square-toe black shoe, but for a dressier look, I'll wear gators. The bigger the sh... RICHARD SEYMOUR I think facebook should not have a dislike button because people will definitely use it for wrong pu... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER There are people in this world who enjoy being alone but there isn't a single person in this world w... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER When it comes to an act of crime, the law, at its best, can never protect the innocent. It only brin... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER Working is like an RPG game. You have party members, do quests, fight monsters and gain experience. ... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER My thought of the day: The most beautiful heart in the world must also be the ugliest. Because a bea... SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER "Jesus died for you, NOT facebook." - Daniel Chong Voon Chuen SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER With independent film, simply because they don't have the money to make a big-budget film, they&... SEYMOUR CASSEL JANE SEYMOUR The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's to... SEYMOUR CRAY I've had people ask me to come and work for them. I went to Vienna and did three scenes in a mov... SEYMOUR CASSEL JANE SEYMOUR At the end of the day, Boehner believes sunshine and transparency is the single most effective safeg... DON SEYMOUR We are certain no lobbying has taken place during the time in which John Boehner has been renting th... DON SEYMOUR We really have no idea on this one. We'd have to know who else works for those firms, which we don't... DON SEYMOUR This bill roots out excess lender subsidies in the student loan program while increasing student acc... DON SEYMOUR John Boehner has ties to K Street, but they're ethical ones. DON SEYMOUR However, we are looking at the matter further. DON SEYMOUR We're pretty energized right now. DON SEYMOUR I prefer my body after I've had kids to before. I like a womanly, shapely figure. I'm more s... STEPHANIE SEYMOUR CHARLES SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR People in New York think Connecticut is five hours away, EDWARD SEYMOUR There's less of a community for film here. Artistically, this is not a strong community, ... It's ea... EDWARD SEYMOUR The worst-case scenario, you can get Land of College Prophets off of Netflix. The best-case scenario... EDWARD SEYMOUR I would love to retire a Raider, but I have earned the right to be a free agent. RICHARD SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR Generally in life, knowledge is acquired to be used. But school learning more often fits SEYMOUR PAPERT Isn't that how B movies became popular? ... They would do things that regular cinema didn't. EDWARD SEYMOUR The idea of photographing an Arab man naked and having him simulate homosexual activity, and having ... SEYMOUR HERSH JANE SEYMOUR Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films.... SEYMOUR CASSEL It is our policy to search if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is possibly in possessio... DAN SEYMOUR Even in the Hollywood, commercial, popcorn genre she's worked in, she has extraordinary respect from... GENE SEYMOUR A lot of people among critics are responding to it because it is so daring. GENE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR We're not going to be parading folks back in front of the juveniles. JAKE SEYMOUR We've had a little delay but we are going to have an open house. JAKE SEYMOUR Knowledge empowers people with our most powerful tool: the ability to think and decide. There is no ... SEYMOUR SIMON It's wonderful to see this happening in Buffalo and right in our neighborhood. MARGARET SEYMOUR We are confident that this is the beginning of uniting the musical genres of the world, and uniting ... MARGARET SEYMOUR I want to say clearly and unequivocally that the sale will be to an American buyer. That should alla... MICHAEL SEYMOUR There has been significant interest. MICHAEL SEYMOUR We'll have the same security operations, the same people. Nothing will change tomorrow. We have been... MICHAEL SEYMOUR I can not emphasize enough it is an American buyer. MICHAEL SEYMOUR JANE SEYMOUR Had your father spend more of your mother's immoral earnings on your education you would not even th... SEYMOUR HICKS None of that's there in an African village. How can we give it to them? SEYMOUR PAPERT ABBIE HOFFMAN DUSTIN HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN DUSTIN HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN ABBIE HOFFMAN
I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n... 
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I'm kind of an old theater guy, so I'm sort of attuned to it. Like, when I go to New York, I... 
I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and... 
I have the cliche 'struggling actor' story. I was waiting tables in New York, went out to L.... 
When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Phil... 
One of the things that I'd like to get back to that I did as a younger actor was to work on, you... 
But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter. 
I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it s... 
By the time I was twelve, I had started my own theater company and was doing plays in the backyard a... 
I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books. 
I don't know what I believe in. I try not to think about it. I don't want to think about it. 
I love the life in New York. New York has an excitement about it. You have so many people, so many d... 
I like San Francisco, but I don't think I'd want to work in Palo Alto. It seems like a prett... 
While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditionin... 
I'm currently working on a romantic comedy between me and Philip Seymour Hoffman. So my next ste... 
I don't really like to promote anything, but I will promote things I believe in and things that ... 
I believe in hard work. I think that everything flows out of that. 
I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work. 
I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out. 
My favorite movies are the ones that are different the second time, or where you're constantly d... 
I believe in music. 
I believe in karma. 
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems. 
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I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't ... 
When I was 16, I started to spend a lot of time in Soho and downtown New York and noticed everyone&#... 
I've had a good run. I've built a lot of things that work and a lot of things that didn'... 
The New York theater community is a place I know my way around in with some certainty, 
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One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The su... 
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and rema... 
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The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's l... 
You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way. 
At the end of the day, I let myself have a glass of wine. 
A lot of actresses I've worked with recently have done so much Botox their faces don't look ... 
Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen... 
We seek the truth and will endure the consequences. 
Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself. 
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger. 
I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more gr... 
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. 
A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.