Quotes from Dustin Hoffman
I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.
- Dustin Hoffman
I hope to God I don't win an Oscar tomorrow night. It would really depress me if I did. I really don't deserve it. It wasn't that important a part anyhow.
- Dustin Hoffman
Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.
- Dustin Hoffman
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?
- Dustin Hoffman
I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.
- Dustin Hoffman
I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.
- Dustin Hoffman
There's too many interesting women I have…not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.
- Dustin Hoffman
I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.
- Dustin Hoffman
I love acting, and I'm not going to determine what I do based on what I fear other people might think. I do what I want to do.
- Dustin Hoffman
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.
- 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.
- 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 Shetland pony. I cannot explain why
- Dustin Hoffman