--- title: "14 Ifs Quotes By Dustin Hoffman" description: "14 Ifs quotes by Dustin Hoffman. Plus more from Dustin Hoffman and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/dustin-hoffman-4662_dead_if-you-re-waiting-for-the-job-you-re-dea_2283574.jpg" --- > [If you're waiting for the job, you're dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/if-you-re-waiting-for-the-job-you-re-dead/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/dustin-hoffman-4662_dead_if-you-re-waiting-for-the-job-you-re-dea_2283574.jpg) > [I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-love-working-i-d-be-dead-if-i-hadn-t-found-myself-as-an-actor-i/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_i-love-working-i-d-be-dead-if-i-hadn-t-f_1692728.jpg) > [But I would reinvent myself if I could. As a sexy leading man! We all would like that, but I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/but-i-would-reinvent-myself-if-i-could-as-a-sexy-leading-man-we-all/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/dustin-hoffman-4662_if-i-could_but-i-would-reinvent-myself-if-i-could-a_1292278.jpg) > [Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/euthanasia-is-legal-in-hollywood-they-just-kill-the-film-if-it-doesn/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/dustin-hoffman-4662_euthanasia_euthanasia-is-legal-in-hollywood-they-ju_1613050.jpg) > [I wanted to find my limitations so I decided to do Shylock. And if I fail? I've never been afraid of that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-wanted-to-find-my-limitations-so-i-decided-to-do-shylock-and-if-i/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/dustin-hoffman-4662_acting_i-wanted-to-find-my-limitations-so-i-dec_2346708.jpg) > [If you can get out there and say I'm going to...I'm willing to fail at what I feel is right, that's it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/if-you-can-get-out-there-and-say-i-m-going-to-i-m-willing-to-fail-at/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/dustin-hoffman-4662_failing_if-you-can-get-out-there-and-say-i-m-goi_1875423.jpg) > [I hope to God I don't win an Oscar tomorrow night. It would really depress me if I did. I really don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-hope-to-god-i-don-t-win-an-oscar-tomorrow-night-it-would-really/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/dustin-hoffman-4662_depressing_i-hope-to-god-i-don-t-win-an-oscar-tomor_3157532.jpg) > [Acting didn't solve much! If it did, I would have ended up much less crazy than I am today, but I'm not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/acting-didn-t-solve-much-if-it-did-i-would-have-ended-up-much-less/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/dustin-hoffman-4662_able_acting-didn-t-solve-much-if-it-did-i-wou_186663.jpg) > [There were a few things that went into it. When you're doing something you're trying to be your audience at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/there-were-a-few-things-that-went-into-it-when-you-re-doing-something/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/dustin-hoffman-4662_audience_there-were-a-few-things-that-went-into-i_249603.jpg) > [We all believe what we read. I read how Tom Cruise and I were two big egos holding up shooting. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/we-all-believe-what-we-read-i-read-how-tom-cruise-and-i-were-two-big/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/dustin-hoffman-4662_believe_we-all-believe-what-we-read-i-read-how-t_2412057.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/the-plight-of-the-actor-even-if-he-s-a-star-is-the-plight-of-the/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_the-plight-of-the-actor-even-if-he-s-a-s_2844060.jpg) > [The truth is, the older you get, the less variety of parts you are offered. If you're a star and you've spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/the-truth-is-the-older-you-get-the-less-variety-of-parts-you-are/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/dustin-hoffman-4662_able_the-truth-is-the-older-you-get-the-less_100657.jpg) > [I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-think-one-of-the-things-you-have-to-be-aware-of-as-an-actor-is-that/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_i-think-one-of-the-things-you-have-to-be_2862142.jpg) > [This is not a movie about smelling the urine! It's another kind of movie." Volker Schlöndorff got Billy Wilder to agree to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/this-is-not-a-movie-about-smelling-the-urine-it-s-another-kind-of/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/dustin-hoffman-4662_agree_this-is-not-a-movie-about-smelling-the-u_1538303.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Dustin Hoffman > [Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been to a house of prostitution, but I understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/well-this-is-aptly-called-a-junket-for-both-of-us-i-have-never-been/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-think-the-most-insulting-thing-you-can-do-to-a-director-is-to/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/a-take-is-an-opportunity-to-fail-and-we-think-that-we-have-to-get-it/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [“(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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/in-response-to-the-question-what-is-your-least-favorite-word-it-s/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/many-actors-want-to-play-hamlet-and-macbeth-ever-since-i-became-an/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [Blame is for God and small children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/blame-is-for-god-and-small-children/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/the-truth-is-the-older-you-get-the-less-variety-of-parts-you-are/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-say-go-go-be-led-particularly-if-you-re-in-your-twenties-which-i/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [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.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-walked-out-of-the-theater-and-started-crying-my-wife-asked-me-why/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/acting-didn-t-solve-much-if-it-did-i-would-have-ended-up-much-less/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-don-t-like-the-fact-that-i-have-to-get-older-so-fast-but-i-like-the/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/we-need-to-band-together-as-a-unit-every-day-especially-to-conquer/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/there-were-a-few-things-that-went-into-it-when-you-re-doing-something/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realise that maybe one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/you-spend-so-much-of-your-life-basing-yourself-on-what-you-think/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) > [My wife always says that I will be stuck with this forever: I am the difficult one. With Jack Nicholson they always said it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/my-wife-always-says-that-i-will-be-stuck-with-this-forever-i-am-the/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/dustin-hoffman/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ifs Quotes By Dustin Hoffman", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're waiting for the job, you're dead.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dustin Hoffman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/if-you-re-waiting-for-the-job-you-re-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/dustin-hoffman-4662_dead_if-you-re-waiting-for-the-job-you-re-dea_2283574.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/dustin-hoffman-4662_dead_if-you-re-waiting-for-the-job-you-re-dea_2283574.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/dustin-hoffman-4662_dead_if-you-re-waiting-for-the-job-you-re-dea_2283574.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're waiting for the job, you're dead.” — Dustin Hoffman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dustin Hoffman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/i-love-working-i-d-be-dead-if-i-hadn-t-found-myself-as-an-actor-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_i-love-working-i-d-be-dead-if-i-hadn-t-f_1692728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_i-love-working-i-d-be-dead-if-i-hadn-t-f_1692728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_i-love-working-i-d-be-dead-if-i-hadn-t-f_1692728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But I would reinvent myself if I could. 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At least for me, acting is a relief - a relief to be able to admit certain things about myself and disguise in my work, in my characters.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dustin Hoffman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/acting-didn-t-solve-much-if-it-did-i-would-have-ended-up-much-less/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/dustin-hoffman-4662_able_acting-didn-t-solve-much-if-it-did-i-wou_186663.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/dustin-hoffman-4662_able_acting-didn-t-solve-much-if-it-did-i-wou_186663.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/dustin-hoffman-4662_able_acting-didn-t-solve-much-if-it-did-i-wou_186663.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Acting didn't solve much! If it did, I would have ended up much less crazy than I am today, but I'm not. 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