We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus. Dustin Hoffman More Quotes by Dustin Hoffman More Quotes From 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 insultingchallengesthinking I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits. Dustin Hoffman creditactorsschool We're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours and we feel that they're phoney, but we do it because the director asks for it, that's the one that they pick in the cutting room. And I contend that when you see a movie with bad acting, don't blame the actor... blame those guys in the cutting room because they like that take. Dustin Hoffman cuttingguyacting 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 playerjobsyears Acting didn't solve much! If it did, I would have ended up much less crazy than I am today, but I'm not. At least for me, acting is a relief - a relief to be able to admit certain things about myself and disguise in my work, in my characters. Dustin Hoffman crazyactingcharacter There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don't understand boredom. 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Dustin Hoffman retirementjobsthinking There's too many interesting women I have…not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed. Dustin Hoffman brainwashedthis-lifeinteresting Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it. Dustin Hoffman inspirelifemean My wife always says that I will be stuck with this forever: I am the difficult one. With Jack Nicholson they always said it was drugs. Warren Beatty is supposed to have screwed everything that jumped off the curve. I'll tell you, in reality a few of us had as many girls as Warren. Dustin Hoffman curvesgirlreality But I would reinvent myself if I could. As a sexy leading man! We all would like that, but I don't know how to. Dustin Hoffman know-howsexymen Usually, those people don't even like actors and they can't wait until they get in the cutting room. They kind of break down in categories: directors who like to be surprised and some of them abhor being surprised. As far as directing, we all direct when we're acting in movies... every single one of us. Dustin Hoffman cuttingwaitingpeople You're always in a tunnel that you can't see the end of. But there's something that took place on this movie that I don't think we expected and that was that once we decided that the entire cast would be real retired opera singers and retired musicians... and these people the phone hadn't rung for them for 20 or 40 years even though they can deliver. Dustin Hoffman tunnelsrealthinking I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the set and see the director standing there mouthing all the words while a scene is going on, that's usually a very bad sign because it means the director has already shot the scene in his head. He knows exactly the rhythm and the nuances that he wants delivered in the line and you're not going to dissuade him. Dustin Hoffman meandirectorsthinking I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31. Dustin Hoffman american-povertypovertylines 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 luxurynew-yorkyears
