Seymour Quotes

"Yes, but you`d be surprised how many people didn`t know who Philip Seymour Hoffman was. Only if you said, "the fat guy in Boogie Nights" would people know who you were talking about because they didn`t know his name then."

Not because I find fame difficult, but because I fear that if you`re too well known, you lose the ability to surprise your audience and that`s what I like my characters to do. I can still get away with it, I think. I mean, those kids in the lobby didn`t know my name and I did an interview yesterday where they looked very confused when I walked in. Turns out they were expecting Philip Seymour Hoffman, though they didn`t really know his name either - they just sort of said to me: `Have you lost weight and dyed your hair?"

I have Seymour Duncan pickups, and I can`t get the same sound with any other guitar, not even another Gibson, without that finish on it.

Once that entered the piece, it ceased to be just a biographical look at a great world leader, and it became a thriller, ... It explores so many human questions about violence or peace, and what (New Yorker writer) Seymour Hersh calls `the Samson option,` because when Samson brought down the temple on the Philistines, he brought it down on himself -- it`s Israel`s feeling that if it goes down, it will not go down alone.

When we went to (the 4-3 defense), there were a lot negative plays. The defense gave them a lot of trouble with (Richard) Seymour and Jarvis.

The last few days it?s been Richard Seymour. That was a little different for me the first few times. I don?t think anyone handles Richard easily, but we?re getting there.