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.
Interpretation
Overcoming insecurities and fears is a common struggle, but understanding and addressing them is crucial for personal growth.
In this quote, Philip Seymour Hoffman expresses the universality of insecurities and fears, highlighting that everyone faces such challenges. He emphasizes the importance of not only overcoming these feelings but also being curious about the parts of oneself that struggle. This introspection is essential for personal development and resilience.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth and resilience.
I think I would have drank myself to death, literally, if I didn't just stop, once and for all when I did. I am not ever going to preach to anyone about drugs or drinking. But, for me, when they were around, I had no self control.
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.
Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.
I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.
I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.
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?
One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
I believe very deeply in my soul that God paired me and my father purposely and that he knew that my father would give me the strength to be a person with disability that was proud, always held her head high, and was never, ever bitter.
There is nothing I can do to undo what I did. I can only say again how sorry I am to those I let down and then strive to go forward with a greater sense of humility and purpose, and with gratitude to those who stood with me during a very difficult chapter in my life.
Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause . . . True courage and manhood come from the consciousness of the right attitude toward the world, the faith in one's purpose, and the sufficiency of one's own approval as a justification for one's own acts.
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!
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