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. — 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 Image
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 Image
A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
“(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 Image
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 Image
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 your career being able to take your pick of the litter, you notice when the offers start to diminish. You're too old to play leads, so you're offered the supporting role - but many stars don't… — 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 kids it's a question Mark decade in a sense. and we're told we should know what we want to do. It's a terrible thing. 'what are you going to do?' 'what are you going to be?'… — 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.' I didn't know how he did it. I've never seen anything like that. It's like this feat, this Rodin sculpture to me. It's like hearing an opera singer and the tears go down your face because… — 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 Image
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 Image
We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus. — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
