One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life. Dustin Hoffman More Quotes by Dustin Hoffman More Quotes From Dustin Hoffman Money is another pressure. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that there's a certain luxury in having no money. I spent ten years in New York not having it, not worrying about it. Suddenly you have it, then you worry, where is it going? Am I doing the right thing with it? Dustin Hoffman luxury new-york years A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution. Dustin Hoffman reviews execution criticism People like Johnny Depp are an exception. He is the current model of what an actor should be. His body of work speaks volumes. He was so under-rated for so long, but he will have longevity - and it is such a gratifying thrill to see he is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Dustin Hoffman thrill long people The better you are as a parent, the richer the nest you've built, the more difficult it is for your kids to leave. So they have to invent things to dislike about you. And they're brilliant at it. Dustin Hoffman nests parent kids Tom [Courtenay] and Albert Finney met Ron Harwood on the dresser, so that's how it started. It's a wonderful documentary. It's called Tosca's Kiss and Mr Hardwood told me about it when I asked him what the genesis was. It was made in 1983 and Verdi, who was rich and successful, toward the end of his life decided to build a mansion for himself in Milan, where he lived, and he stipulated that when he died opera singers and musicians - because he knew so many who were no longer playing at the Scala and some were poor - could live there. Dustin Hoffman musician kissing successful In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win. Dustin Hoffman adversity winning kids There is something unnatural about marriage. These two people are not going to be the same people in a few years. The trick is to live your own life while sharing the same space. Dustin Hoffman space two years Poverty is not dated. Homeless people have looked the same since the thirteenth century. Go back to the times of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Look at photographs. It's amazing. The face on a homeless person is timeless. Dustin Hoffman poverty people looks The truth is, the older you get, the less variety of parts you are offered. If you're a star and you've spent most of your career being able to take your pick of the litter, you notice when the offers start to diminish. You're too old to play leads, so you're offered the supporting role - but many stars don't want to make that transition. They see it as a sign of symbolic impotence. And that the audience will no longer regard them as a star. 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 careers stars thinking If there is no direct threat why are we invading? Dustin Hoffman invading threat direct I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast-feed. Dustin Hoffman able pregnancy children There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem? Dustin Hoffman sexy inspirational funny So, most of it was done over the phone. But one of the first things I did as a director, because it's one of the first things you should do, even though most don't, is to ask good actors who they think is right for the part. They know better than anybody. But without missing a beat Maggie said Pauline Collins. I didn't know Pauline because I hadn't seen Shirley Valentine, but then I saw this thing that she did with Woody Allen [You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger], in which she was wonderful as a psychic, and I said to her on the phone: "The dialogue seemed improvised." Dustin Hoffman valentine dark thinking Lightbulbs die, my sweet. I will depart. Dustin Hoffman dying sweet death 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 answers long years A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time. Dustin Hoffman failing opportunity thinking That's what we're all looking for, the place where the work leads us. Dustin Hoffman 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 [laughs]. Dustin Hoffman stars home people It isn’t a big jump in the imagination to see yourself living alone like Mr Hoppy. Dustin Hoffman living-alone bigs imagination The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest. Dustin Hoffman contests awards dirty
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