Philip Seymour Hoffman - biography

“Actors are responsible to the people we play.”

“Being 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.”

“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.”

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

“My love for the theater has always been a priority.  That hasn’t changed.  I got into acting that way.  The film work that came up was really a surprise.”

“Sometimes I’m uncomfortable with the level of fame I’ve got!  It all depends on the day and what’s going on.  I don’t desire any more fame.  I don’t need it.”

“I didn’t have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.”

“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.”

“If I was a little bit younger I would worry more.  I’d want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.”

“I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things.  You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.”

“The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.”

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

“Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better.  It just depends.”

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

“The size of my head though is pretty abnormal.”

“When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that’s basically all you want to talk about.”

Philip Seymour Hoffman has appeared in the following films:
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Leap of Faith (1992)
My New Gun (1992)
My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
Money for Nothing (1993)
Joey Breaker (1993)
Nobody’s Fool (1994)
The Getaway (1994)
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
Szuler (1994)
Twister (1996)
Sydney (1996)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Patch Adams (1998)
Happiness (1998)
Montana (1998)
Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
Flawless (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Almost Famous (2000)
Red Dragon (2002)
25th Hour (2002)
Love Liza (2002)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Owning Mahowny (2003)
Along Came Polly (2004)
Capote (2005)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
The Savages (2007)
Doubt (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Mary and Max (2009)
Jack Goes Boating (2010)
The Ides of March (2011)
Moneyball (2011)


Philip Seymour Hoffman directed the following films:
Jack Goes Boating (2010)