Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

I'm always looking for a story of survival.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

… failure is a very condition of his life; one can never dream of eliminating it without immediately dreaming of death. This does not mean that one should consent to failure, but rather one must consent to struggle against it without respite.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

It's a tragedy, but with your support and your help we will wage this fight and we're going to win it.

I've been fighting my whole life.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

I see courage everywhere I go in Africa.

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.