Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffmanis an American actor and a director, with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 August 1937
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Dustin Hoffman quotes about
two space years
There is something unnatural about marriage. These two people are not going to be the same people in a few years. The trick is to live your own life while sharing the same space.
acting shylock failing
I wanted to find my limitations so I decided to do Shylock. And if I fail? I've never been afraid of that. I have other fears - doing bad work knowingly is the worst fear.
actors can-do
One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.
successful actors found
I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful.
threat invading ifs
If there is no direct threat why are we invading?
succeed hollywood film
Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.
poverty lines american-poverty
I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.
parent birth-control want
I want to thank my parents for not practicing birth control.
college cities acting
I wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the grades to get into university. I took acting because it was a way to get three credits. I just needed three credits and my friend told me to take acting because it was like gym - nobody fails you. I took it and that's literally how I got involved in acting.
successful men wife
To have a successful marriage, a man must, on a fundamental level be scared shitless of his wife.
army college years
So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.
retirement jobs thinking
I think 'retirement' goes hand in hand with people who make a living by having a 'job.' I don't think we-the .00001 percent of the population who are so fortunate to love passionately what we do-consider it a 'job.
money believe unemployment
I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.
beauty kids next
Next to that kid, we all look like onions.