Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

Our success is now so apparent to others that one of our biggest challenges now is to manage the resentment it sometimes generates.

An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'

I appreciate greatness.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: 'Why did success pass me by?'

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

When you do good work, people will notice you.

It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.

I want to do something that people can really say, 'Hey, man, that was good, I'm proud of you, I'm proud of that.' 'Pride' and 'Transformers' and things like that.

The President doesn't ring people out of the blue, so you know you've done something well.

There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success.

Success is like food caught in your teeth: much more noticeable when it happens to other people. If it happens to you, other people have to take you aside and say something.

People love winners.

Duke has a lot of haters, but I know it means you're doing something right if they're hating you.

Unfortunately, results are the only thing that some people look at, but there is more to defining success than just stats.

When you have haters, you're doing something right.

If I hadn't been part of '3 Idiots,' I would have felt bloody jealous.

One thing I learned from my old man is that people are going to be happy for you, but not too happy. When the tables are turned and you're hanging out on top with a guy like Randy Orton, who is in the main event at Wrestlemania, not all the guys are going to like you.

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

I'm not hungry for success. I am only hungry for good work, and that is how it is with most superstars. Every day I tell myself how fortunate I am to be where I am.