Dustin Hoffman Quotes

United States, Actor
August 8, 1937

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and director. Hoffman has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters.[3] He is the recipient of various accolades including; two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Genie Award. Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012.

A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.

Dustin Hoffman
- Opportunity
- Fail
You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realise that maybe one of the purposes of life is not to care.

Dustin Hoffman
- Life
- Purpose
- Care

I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

Dustin Hoffman
- Lived
- American poverty
If you're waiting for the job, you're dead.

Dustin Hoffman
- Job
- Dead
The trumpet player, Ronnie Hughes, has still got his chops today but for some strange reason the culture doesn't call him because he's 83-years-old. And these people are in their 70s and 80s and 90s and came with such verve every day and would still be shooting these 10 and 12 hour days. So, that in itself made this an extraordinarily special occasion for all of us. It wasn't a job for the crew after a few days, it took on another tone.

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.' I didn't know how he did it. I've never seen anything like that. It's like this feat, this Rodin sculpture to me. It's like hearing an opera singer and the tears go down your face because it's not human what they're doing. It's like sounds of heaven.

Dustin Hoffman