"I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'"
-Philip Seymour Hoffman
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"I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.“
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"One person's religion is another person's cult."
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"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."
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"Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself."
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"Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it."
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"Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire."
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