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24 quotes by Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters. He first drew critical praise for starring in the play Eh?, for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough 1967 film role as Benjamin Braddock, the title character in The Graduate....
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The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

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One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.

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I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.

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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... →

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I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

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Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

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I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

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Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.

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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... →

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If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person... →

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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... →

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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.

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

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