59 Quotes by Philip Hoffman

To play a bad guy in an action movie is something I've never done, and I don't know if I'll ever do it again. So this is really that opportunity, and it's the perfect place to do it, perfect people to do it with.

Wow, I'm in a category with some great, great, great actors, fantastic actors, and I'm overwhelmed. Really overwhelmed.

She brought up four kids alone, and she deserves a congratulations for that. Be proud, Ma, because we're here tonight and it's so good.

She brought up four kids alone, and for that she deserves congratulations. She took me to my first play ... and her passions became my passions.

I wish there was a podium here - you wouldn't see my knees shaking.

If we hit Truman's part right, it would reverberate. So that's what I concentrated on: Getting it right.

But because of his intelligence, his wit and his insightfulness and his kind of all-consuming warmth, that would go away.

I have known Bennett a long time, ... I know a lot about him and he knows a lot about me, and I never doubted he would make the best film possible.

I did have hesitations and just knew that if I made the story the main character and really worked on that to fulfill it in a very personal and soulful way, that all the technical stuff about playing him would become secondary for people watching the movie.