Dustin Hoffman Quotes

You go to the cinema and you realize you're watching the third act. There is no first or second act. There is this massive film-making where you spend this incredible amount of money and play right to the demographic. You can tell how much money the film is going to make by how it does on the first weekend. The whole culture is in the crap house. It's not just true in the movies, it's also true in the theater.

Dustin Hoffman

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• Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.

  

  Ralph G. Neas
  • Past
  • Progress
  • Civil Rights

• Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Together
  • Me
  • Play

• I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.

  

  Kaia Gerber
  • Love
  • Done
  • Goal

• The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Mind

• We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.

  

  Dan Lipinski
  • American
  • Education
  • Best

• No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Fly
  • New York
  • Paris

• If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Up
  • Great
  • Think

• I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.

  

  A. J. Buckley
  • Bad
  • Guy
  • Want

• Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Inspire

• I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.

  

  Sally Pearson
  • Long
  • Love
  • Passion

• My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Religious
  • India
  • Temples

• I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Character
  • Hate
  • Nervous

• Never let the negativity get to you. There are gonna be a lot of people you have to plow through, but as long you believe in yourself, that's all that matters.

  

  Becky G
  • People
  • Believe
  • Long

• Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Help
  • Culture
  • Wait

• Globalised manufacturing and procurement mean that a lot of high-polluting, heavy duty jobs are transferred to China. We will ask major companies, such as Wal-Mart, Microsoft and IBM to put pressure on their Chinese suppliers.

  

  Ma Jun
  • High
  • Chinese
  • Pressure

• I have two cats at home in Minnesota with my family. Beau and Skippy.

  

  Rachael Leigh Cook
  • Family
  • Home
  • Cats

• If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate - other than an incumbent President - in modern times than Hillary Clinton.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • You
  • Look
  • Democratic

• What our fans want, what our fans believe, what our fans are interested in is why we are what we are. But, nevertheless, ultimately we have to do the things that we believe are essential for the long-term health of the game, of the league, and of all of our franchises.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Why

• Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen and true great films are the results of those mistakes and the decisions that those directors make during those moments.

  

  Jason Reitman
  • Great
  • Art
  • True

• I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are a very few genres that I haven't tried out, really, in what I've been doing. As a jazz musician, you can kind of mess about with things with a certain level of musicianship, which helps.

  

  Jamie Cullum
  • True

• I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

  

  Mehcad Brooks
  • Life
  • Time
  • Different

• I do like celebrating women, I do like celebrating different lifestyles and choices and people and it makes me happy when others find my work empowering.

  

  Sarah Kay
  • People
  • Different
  • Choices

• I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.

  

  Luc Montagnier

• You go to the cinema and you realize you're watching the third act. There is no first or second act. There is this massive film-making where you spend this incredible amount of money and play right to the demographic. You can tell how much money the film is going to make by how it does on the first weekend. The whole culture is in the crap house. It's not just true in the movies, it's also true in the theater.

  

  Dustin Hoffman
  • True
  • Theatre
  • Cinema