87 Quotes by Richard Dreyfuss

She did the best that we could be; she was perfectly charming and perfectly loving. She was a dream. And she was the kind of dream that you remember when you wake up smiling.

Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should.

I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance.

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.

Kerry is an adult - he thinks things through. He learns from the present as well as the past. To George Bush, thinking things through is for sissies.

I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfillment of personal fantasies. It isn't just art, its about being a person I've always wanted to be, or being in a situation, or being a hero.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a teacher, a history teacher. After all, teaching is very much like performing. A teacher is an actor, in a way. It takes a great deal to get, and hold, a class.

I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.

I don't think anyone has really played this in 400 years. Everyone has to get humble here.