I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I knew that we had an obligation and that was to keep an energy in it and try to keep the audience… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
People like Johnny Depp are an exception. He is the current model of what an actor should be. His body of work… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Usually, those people don't even like actors and they can't wait until they get in the cutting room. They kind of break… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think we all felt it on this movie - crew and cast. You never know when you're making a movie... no… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
The plight of the actor, even if he's a star, is the plight of the women's movement. They're saying the same thing… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
So, most of it was done over the phone. But one of the first things I did as a director, because it's… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
We're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been to a house of prostitution, but I understand that… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
“(In response to the question: What is your least favorite word?) It's three words that we usually use as one: woulda, shoulda, coulda. That… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
The truth is, the older you get, the less variety of parts you are offered. If you're a star and you've spent most of… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
“I say go, go, be led. particularly If you're in your twenties, which I suspect a lot of you are in. I tell my… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
I walked out of the theater and started crying. My wife asked me, 'Why are you crying?' I said, 'Because I can't do that.'… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
Acting didn't solve much! If it did, I would have ended up much less crazy than I am today, but I'm not. At least… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
There were a few things that went into it. When you're doing something you're trying to be your audience at the same time, so… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realise that maybe one… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
My wife always says that I will be stuck with this forever: I am the difficult one. With Jack Nicholson they always said it… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share
![“In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working and a lot of this took place on the telephone. I'd met Maggie [Smith] once and I'd come back-stage, which I'm usually loathe to do because as an actor you don't want people coming back…” quote by Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/88a/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-ca_1411943.jpg)
