Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

Reputation matters so much only because people so seldom think for themselves.

I also think that there's a little peer pressure. They probably think that a majority of people their age think the same things and they want to be considered - I don't know what the word is - in, hip, whatever, with that bunch. I think time will take care of some of this as it is revealed that [Donald] Trump is not what they think.

People are vocal, so you hear the pros and cons of your shows.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

I feel like you are this or that because other people say so. I wouldn't know how to play a psychopath. I don't think about it that way. You think about playing the scene but if the other people say that guy is crazy, then you are.

The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn't mean that people hate me.

Despite a lot of people thinking that everything gets more and more difficult, I always assumed that people are going to be "Oh, at last you buckled, you're trying to be commercial."

In terms of what people think about me, the truth of the matter is, I guess I care to a certain extent, but not enough to try to go out in the public and plead for some kind of new understanding of me.

I care what 51 percent of the people think about me.

When a film is reviled, you open a film and people say "Oh, it's the stupidest thing, it's the worst movie." You think: oh, nobody's going to ever speak to you again. But, it doesn't happen. Nobody cares. You know, they read it and they say "Oh, they hated your film." You care, at the time. But they don't. Nobody else cares.

It's not usually that great of an idea to read lots of reviews of your movies, because even if somebody's saying nice things, there'll still be something in there that pushes the wrong button, and it's not really that helpful.

I read one thing, and 100 people can say good things then you read one bad thing that says you're the worst and you believe them.

When we are overly concerned with what people think we will be controlled by the thoughts and opinions of other people.

You should really get some quotes about our show. Noah loves when people talk about him. Negatively or positively.

Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

Your reputation is what influences people to think, feel and talk about you the way they do.

The common people do not judge of vice or virtue by morality or immorality, so much as by the stamp that is set upon it by men of figure.

We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.

I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

If people don't like you, it doesn't matter how much uniqueness, nerve or talent you have!

People do not like to have their favorite myths of idols challenged and as a rule I think that the public does not like bad news.

Sure I hear what people say. But the only opinions I care about are from the fans.

I think many people think competitive eating is a really disgusting sport, so people think they look bad normally. But I care about what I'm wearing. I don't want to be someone who is doing something that is considered gross and then also look like a slob.