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.
Interpretation
Pursue your passion for acting for the love of the craft rather than for fame or financial gain.
Philip Seymour Hoffman's quote emphasizes the importance of passion and genuine interest in art, particularly in acting. He advocates for studying under skilled teachers and immersing oneself in the practice of acting, highlighting that the true value lies not in seeking fame or money, but in loving what you do and committing to the craft for its own sake.
In practice
This quote can be used as a motivational speech during a drama workshop.
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.
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 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 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?
You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.
The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams.
Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things they knew but did not know they knew. Or did not realize everyone else knew, too. This produces a warm sense of fellow feeling and is the best a writer can do.
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
I'm putting out this free music, constantly putting it out.
I think it's our job to write about what we're going through at the moment, and being 41, I'm not going to write about the same things I wrote about at 20. I don't think artists should be farmed out to pasture just because they're in rock n' roll.
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