Philip Seymour Hoffman movie quotes

“- Truman Capote: Perry, I know what 'exacerbate' means.
- Perry Smith: Okay... well...
- Truman Capote: There is not a word or a sentence or a concept that you can illuminate for me.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote
Clifton Collins Jr. - Perry Smith

“- Psychologist: How would you rate the thrill you got from gambling, on a scale of one to 100?
- Dan Mahowny: Um... hundred.
- Psychologist: And what about the biggest thrill you've ever had outside of gambling?
- Dan Mahowny: Twenty.”
Eric Fink - Psychologist
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Dan Mahowny

“- Dustin Davis: Oh God, he sucks.
- Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick: Oh, shut up. Get him off.
- Dr. Jo Harding: [about Jonas] He is so in love with himself. I thought it was just a summer thing.”

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Dustin Davis
Alan Ruck - Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick
Helen Hunt Jackson - Dr. Jo Harding

“It doesn't matter what you thought. It matters what you did. It matters what you didn't do.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Paul Zara

“- Joanne Herring: He may be in trouble with the press, but he stayed out of jail. You don't see God's hand in this?
- Gust Avrakotos: Well reasonable people can disagree, but I don't see God anywhere within miles of this. On the other hand, if you slept with me tonight, I bet you I could change my mind in a hurry.”
Julia Roberts - Joanne Herring
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Gust Avrakotos

“I don't know I could ever really begin to talk to her. I mean what can I talk about? I have nothing to talk about, I'm boring. And that I know, I've been told before so don't tell me it's not true 'cause it's a fact. I bore the people. People look at me and they get bored, people listen to me and they zone out... bored.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Allen

“If I leave here without understanding you, the world will see you as a monster. Always. And I don't want that.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote

“Fuck you. You're a pervert. Think you can be a pervert and not pay for it?”

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Dean Trumbell

“- Dustin Davis: Jo, Bill did you see that explosion?
- Dr. Jo Harding: We saw it.”

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Dustin Davis
Helen Hunt Jackson - Dr. Jo Harding

- Ann: "If you were never down, how would you know when you were up"?
- Joseph Turner White: You have a gift for words.
- Ann: It's in your play.
Rebecca Pidgeon - Ann
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Joseph Turner White

“- Charlie Wilson: You're no James Bond.
- Gust Avrakotos: You're no Thomas Jefferson, either. Let's call it even.”
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Gust Avrakotos

“You hung me out of a plane. You can tell a lot about a persons character by how they treat people they don't have to treat well.”

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Owen Davian

“- Joseph Turner White: Ever wonder why the Dalmatian's the symbol of the firehouse?
- Ann: First organized fire department was on the border of Dalmatia and Sardinia in the year 642.
- Joseph Turner White: That's why the Dalmatian?
- Ann: It was either that, or a sardine.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Joseph Turner White
Rebecca Pidgeon - Ann

“- Gust Avrakotos: Promises were made!
- Cravely: Not by me.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Gust Avrakotos
John Slattery - Cravely

“Friendship is the booze they feed you. They want you to get drunk on feeling like you belong.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Lester Bangs

“- Joanne Herring: May I ask what it is that I've done to make you dislike me, Mr. Avrakotos?
- Gust Avrakotos: I like you just fine, Mrs. Herring, it's just been my experience that when people with money and too much free time get involved in politics, pretty soon, I forget who it is I'm supposed to be shooting at.”
Julia Roberts - Joanne Herring
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Gust Avrakotos

“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote

"The Suck Zone". It's the point basically when the twister... sucks you up. That's not the technical term for it, obviously.
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Dustin Davis

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Lester Bangs

“Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote

“- Joseph Turner White: What's an associate producer credit?
- Bill Smith: It's what you give to your secretary instead of a raise.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Joseph Turner White
Lionel Mark Smith - Bill Smith

“Sometimes, guys have a hard time showing their emotions.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Jakob Elinsky

“- Investigator #1: You've got a gambling problem, right?
- Dan Mahowny: No... No, sir.
- Investigator #1: Come on. You didn't get a buzz out of it?
- Dan Mahowny: I have a... financial problem. A shortfall.”
Alex Poch-Goldin - Investigator #1
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Dan Mahowny

“- Walt Koontz: I'm not as stupid as you think I am.
- Rusty: Honey, you could never be as stupid as I think you are.”
Robert De Niro - Walt Koontz
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Rusty

“- Psychologist: You know, some folks believe everyone has a public life, a private life, and a secret life. What do you think about that?
- Dan Mahowny: The thing is, I guess... that my secret life... is a bit less secret than everyone else's right now.”
Eric Fink - Psychologist
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Dan Mahowny