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Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes about Acting

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Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for the money. Do plays. It's not worth it if you are just in it for the money. You have to love it.

Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for the money. Do plays. It's not worth it if you are just in it for the money. You have to love it.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Teacher, Play, Acting
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I'm probably more personal when I'm acting than at any other time. More open, more direct. Because it allows me to be something that I can't always feel comfortable with when I'm living my own life, you know? Because it's make-believe.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Believe, Acting, Feels
"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful and I want that. Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great - well, that's absolutely torturous.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Beautiful, Trying, Acting
"A Higher Calling" by Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. December 19, 2008.

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
People, Acting, Actors
Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 15, 2010.

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Play, Acting, Nervous
"A Higher Calling" by Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. December 19, 2008.

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.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Priorities, Acting, Way

Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Thinking, Acting, Difficult
Source: www.pbs.org

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Careers, Acting, Actors
"Philip Seymour Hoffman Interview - DOUBT". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 21, 2008.

When you're acting, you're subjective; when you're a director, you're more objective.You're kind of watching from the outside and helping others, and therefore I learn my mistakes through others, and also my assets through others.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mistake, Helping Others, Acting
Source: www.pbs.org

If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Practice, Acting, Stage Actors

If I'm directing actors, I learn about acting that way. If I'm acting, I learn about directing that way. Producing is just something that's come about because there's projects I find interesting that I would like to help get done.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Interesting, Acting, Actors
Source: www.pbs.org

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