A biography for Dustin Hoffmanhasn’t been written yet.
“Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been to a house of prostitution, but I understand that you get in more than seven minutes.”
“I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.”
“I think there's always going to be some kind of bigotry or some kind of racism. There has to be, because people can't feel that they have any hero qualities unless there's someone beneath them.”
“I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.”
“Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.”
“If there is no direct threat why are we invading?”
“And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now, at a relatively small cost, and they will reach an audience they would never have reached otherwise.”
“I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.”
“A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.”
“I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly.”
“Blame is for God and small children.”
“The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.”
“Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long time and then come back and do, in a sense, one of the biggest scenes that each character had.”
“In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.”
“One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.”