When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate.
Philip Seymour HoffmanWell, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.
Philip Seymour HoffmanMy mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.
Philip Seymour HoffmanBeing 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