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
new-york years luxury
Money is another pressure. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that there's a certain luxury in having no money. I spent ten years in New York not having it, not worrying about it. Suddenly you have it, then you worry, where is it going? Am I doing the right thing with it?
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.
thinking television film
I think right now television is the best that it’s ever been, and I think that it’s the worst that film has ever been.
flower writing done
God knows I've done enough crap in my life to grow a few flowers.
memories men marathon
I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.
life-is occasions
Life is an occasion...rise to it.
powerful laughter sleep
Stories? We all spend our lives telling them, about this, about that, about people … But some? Some stories are so good we wish they’d never end. They’re so gripping that we’ll go without sleep just to see a little bit more. Some stories bring us laughter and sometimes they bring us tears … but isn’t that what a great story does? Makes you feel? Stories that are so powerful … they really are with us forever.
money believe unemployment
I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.
together fantasy myth
Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.
beauty kids next
Next to that kid, we all look like onions.
husband nice caring
If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.
children pregnancy able
I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed.
cutting people waiting
Usually, those people don't even like actors and they can't wait until they get in the cutting room. They kind of break down in categories: directors who like to be surprised and some of them abhor being surprised. As far as directing, we all direct when we're acting in movies... every single one of us.