Dustin Hoffman Quotes
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 because you want to get home.
Quotes to Explore
-
We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.
-
I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing.
-
I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
-
I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
-
I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.
-
There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
-
Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.
-
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.
-
The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
-
With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
-
If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that because you're not going to have to do all that, you know, 'Prison Break' stuff where you can't really behave and speak like people do in a maximum-security prison.
-
This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.
-
My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
-
Technology keeps progressing. Young people follow the curve. But as they get older, they get inertia, and they start deviating from that curve.
-
The challenge starts when you first come to Mumbai. But it's momentary if you win an award.
-
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
-
O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
-
The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.
-
A Chief must show no fear, no worry... A Chief is a leader first, and a man second.
-
I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.
-
Stars are rare creatures, and not everyone can be one. But there isn't anyone on earth - not you, not me, not the girl next door - who wouldn't like to be a movie star holding up that gold statuette on Academy Award night.
-
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor.
-
My mom had a huge video camera that I would always play with, and there is home video of me, like, with the camera letting her know, 'I want to do stuff like this when I grow up.'
-
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 because you want to get home.
