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.”

“Actors are responsible to the people we play.”

“Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.”

“My ideal weight is 205, actually.”

“I don't have a specific thing I want anyone to get out of anything I do.”

“There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem.”

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

“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.”

“Plays never feel like the right thing to do at the time.”

“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.”

“I had a father who was a traveling salesman.”

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

“My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.”

“My mum is incredibly intelligent.”

“In a film there a lot of people scheduling, you know.”

“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.”

“To act well isn't an easy thing.”

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

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

“In film, you have to let go sometimes.”