“I basically took six or seven years off, but then I had another five or four of me not working at all because I was in school. It was really 13 years of me not working at all... I really couldn't even think about it.” ThinkingYearsSchoolFiveFourSixSevenSeven Years Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I think being on a set where people arent being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.” PeopleThinkingLevelsCommonTreatedUncomfortableDecency Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.” IfsThinkingImportantAgeYoungActingBreakCollegeGet AwayYoung AgeGoing To College Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I really enjoyed being on movie sets, and I had fun with the people, but I didn't really think about acting or care, or I didn't think I cared about acting.” PeopleThinkingCareFunActingEnjoyedI CareMovie SetsHad FunI Had Fun Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I got into cooking and I went and cooked in Italy. I became a doula for a while. I built stone walls one summer, and I read a lot, and I swam a lot, and I spent a lot of time thinking.” ThinkingWallSummerBuiltStonesCookingStone WallsDoulas Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I don't think people should do things that they're not comfortable with, unless they want to stretch themselves in that way and challenge themselves.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldChallengesComfortable Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I come from a very naked family, so that's just something that's not a big deal for me. I don't think it means anything other than that.” ThinkingMeanBigsDealsNakedBig Deal Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I don't think there is anybody who's watching television right now who wants to see something because it looks good rather than feel something because it feels right or familiar or new or whatever.” ThinkingWantFeelsLooksTelevisionRight NowFamiliarFeels RightWatching Television Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I do think that taking these sort of natural mind-opening and altering drugs does have an effect. Doors and windows that you didn't even know were in the house are open and you're seeing views you've never noticed before. Even though, when you come down, the world sort of goes back to the way it was, an inkling of that transformed vision and experience of the world remains. I think it's a little bit medicinal, and over time it sort of builds up a new experience of the world. That's when I think smoking pot and doing drugs is really good for you, spiritually speaking.” ThinkingWorldHouseNaturalVisionDrugWindowSmokingPot Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I'm somebody who's super into psychology and analysis and the human psyche and the human experience. Other than just the purely enjoyable aspect of being on a nice, natural drug, I think doing such drug can be a very positive force in constantly forcing you to see yourself in a new way, and see and hear others in a new way. It really brings you back to square one. It deteriorates the ego, is basically what I'm saying.” ThinkingNaturalPsychologyNiceDrugEgoHuman ExperienceEnjoyableVery Positive Author:Gaby Hoffmann
