Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes, Thoughts and images

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

To be loved, I think, is the thing that gets you up in the morning.

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.

If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged.

I think you gotta have an honesty and a humility about human nature and that it's not about you at the end of the day.

One person's religion is another person's cult.

Something that could bring you wealth and fame could also be your end, your undoing.

Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live.

There’s a period of time in your life when I kind of look back, and I’m like, was I happy, or was I just not aware?

Creating something is all about problem-solving.

Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.

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

Creating anything is hard.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.

You have all the influence you choose to have.

My image of Jesus is someone who is exciting... Were he alive today, he would be causing havoc!

To act well isn't an easy thing.

There is no pleasure that I haven't actually made myself sick on.

My soul is in good shape.

I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.

I feel like I made a little bit of difference.

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

The strange thing is I never thought I'd do films.

Great talent admits shortcomings.

The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater.

Yeah, writers do hate writing.

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

I 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.

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.

The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.

Ultimately what I'll do next is up in the air for me.

I have an awful memory, and I have a great memory. Meaning that, if I'm trying to remember something, I can't remember it. But my recall is fantastic.

The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the centre of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.

Ultimately, I think writing is a mixture of craft, inspiration, and being incredibly, courageously explorative with yourself - and being brutally honest, too.

I try to live my life in such a way that I don't have any regrets. That's probably why I work so much. I don't want to feel I missed something important.