Dustin Hoffman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.”

“For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible.”

“Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.”

“I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.”

“I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed.”

“A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.”

“If there is no direct threat why are we invading?”

“I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly.”

“And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now, at a relatively small cost, and they will reach an audience they would never have reached otherwise.”

“Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long time and then come back and do, in a sense, one of the biggest scenes that each character had.”