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Dustin Hoffman quotes: There's nothing that I love more than predawn. I'm with the dogs, I make coffee, and there's no one up.

There's nothing that I love more than predawn. I'm with the dogs, I make coffee, and there's no one up.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: 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.

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.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.

I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.

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

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

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Now, I'm simply working with people I want to work with. I just want to have good working experiences and let the dice fall where they may.

Now, I'm simply working with people I want to work with. I just want to have good working experiences and let the dice fall where they may.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: That's what we're all looking for, the place where the work leads us.

That's what we're all looking for, the place where the work leads us.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Next to that kid, we all look like onions.

Next to that kid, we all look like onions.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Life is an occasion ... rise to it.

Life is an occasion ... rise to it.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: In my room as a kid ... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

In my room as a kid ... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.

I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.

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

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Depressed, anxious, sad, frightened? Yes. But I've never been bored.

Depressed, anxious, sad, frightened? Yes. But I've never been bored.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: 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.

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.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: 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.

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.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

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

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Blame is for God and small children.

Blame is for God and small children.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: There's too many interesting women I have ... not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.

There's too many interesting women I have ... not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.

Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: If you can get out there and say I'm going to ... I'm willing to fail at what I feel is right, that's it.

If you can get out there and say I'm going to ... I'm willing to fail at what I feel is right, that's it.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.

One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me ... aren't you?

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me ... aren't you?

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.

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

Dustin Hoffman quotes: If you're waiting for the job, you're dead.

If you're waiting for the job, you're dead.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: This is your life. Now go make it the one you've always wanted.

This is your life. Now go make it the one you've always wanted.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: We're all a little nit autistic.

We're all a little nit autistic.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I knew I finally made it as a performer when I began hearing rumors that I was gay.

I knew I finally made it as a performer when I began hearing rumors that I was gay.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: The truth is, I've made about 30 movies in 30 years, and I've been criticized for 30 years for not making more movies.

The truth is, I've made about 30 movies in 30 years, and I've been criticized for 30 years for not making more movies.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus.

We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Peter Pan, prepare to meet thy doom.

Peter Pan, prepare to meet thy doom.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

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

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 quotes: I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.

It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful.

I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed.

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

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I think right now television is the best that it's ever been, and I think that it's the worst that film has ever been.

I think right now television is the best that it's ever been, and I think that it's the worst that film has ever been.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: It isn't a big jump in the imagination to see yourself living alone like Mr Hoppy.

It isn't a big jump in the imagination to see yourself living alone like Mr Hoppy.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I'm sixty-eight, I cry every chance I can.

I'm sixty-eight, I cry every chance I can.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Humanity seized to exist when Israel was established.

Humanity seized to exist when Israel was established.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I like to mimic my grandkids. I'm trying to understand the intensity of fixation on a leaf. Kids don't need anything else in their life.

I like to mimic my grandkids. I'm trying to understand the intensity of fixation on a leaf. Kids don't need anything else in their life.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: 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.

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.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: Lightbulbs die, my sweet. I will depart.

Lightbulbs die, my sweet. I will depart.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: God knows I've done enough crap in my life to grow a few flowers.

God knows I've done enough crap in my life to grow a few flowers.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.

A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: To have a successful marriage, a man must, on a fundamental level be scared shitless of his wife.

To have a successful marriage, a man must, on a fundamental level be scared shitless of his wife.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: It's true what they say about failure. You don't learn from success.

It's true what they say about failure. You don't learn from success.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I want to thank my parents for not practicing birth control.

I want to thank my parents for not practicing birth control.

Dustin Hoffman quotes: I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.

I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.