160 Quotes by Dustin Hoffman

I got into acting so that I could meet girls. Pretty girls came later. First, I wanted to start off with someone with two legs, who’d smile at me and look soft.

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.

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?

Harold, if you pause to think, you’d realize that, that answer is inextricably contingent upon the type of life being led... and, of course, the quality of the pancakes.

So, they had this 40-odd year friendship with each other and with Mr Harwood. So, when I came on it Albert, Tom and Maggie were in the cast. But then Albert wasn’t up for it, so he had to withdraw.

We all believe what we read. I read how Tom Cruise and I were two big egos holding up shooting. I know that isn’t true – but if I wasn’t making a movie with him and I just picked up the paper, I’d believe it. That’s interesting, isn’t it?

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.

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.

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.