Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

The movie is about knowing that somebody has lost his soul out there, somebody has destroyed a part of himself. ... The minute he saw Perry Smith, the outcome was inevitable that two men would die -- one literally and the other figuratively.

- Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Movie | Knowing | Lost | Soul | Destroyed |

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