Ultimately, I think writing is a mixture of craft, inspiration, and being incredibly, courageously explorative with yourself - and being brutally honest, too.
Philip Seymour HoffmanUltimately, all characters have some negative and positive energies. That's just how I see it. 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 HoffmanWhen you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about.
Philip Seymour HoffmanActors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and creatively as I can.
Philip Seymour HoffmanYou must be really bad, because it is a puzzle. Creating anything is hard. Itโs a clichรฉ thing to say, but every time you start a job, you just donโt know anything. I mean, I can break something down, but ultimately I donโt know anything when I start work on a new movie. You start stabbing out, and you make a mistake, and itโs not right, and then you try again and again. The key is you have to commit. And thatโs hard because you have to find what it is you are committing to.
Philip Seymour Hoffman