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Philip Seymour Hoffman

"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."

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"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."

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Donna Grant

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."

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Donna Grant

"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

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Donna Grant

"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."

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Donna Grant

"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."

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Donna Grant

"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."

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Donna Grant

"My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?"

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Donna Grant

"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."

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Donna Grant

"As a child I wanted to be everything from a doctor, lawyer, flight attendant to an IT pro- fessional and could never make up my mind. I figured as an actor I'd get to play all these professions."

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Donna Grant

"It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"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."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"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."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"The size of my head though is pretty abnormal."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"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."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"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."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"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."

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