To have that concentration to act well is like lugging things up staircases in your brain. I think that’s a thing people don’t understand. It is that exhausting. If you’re doing it well, if you’re concentrating the way you need to, if your will and your concentration and emotional and imagination and emotional life are all in tune, concentrated and working together in that role, that is just like lugging weights upstairs with your head... And I don’t think that should get any easier.
Philip Seymour HoffmanIt's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.
Philip Seymour HoffmanI 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.
Philip Seymour HoffmanI think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.
Philip Seymour HoffmanPeople actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
Philip Seymour Hoffman