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 HoffmanI decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.
Dustin HoffmanWe're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours and we feel that they're phoney, but we do it because the director asks for it, that's the one that they pick in the cutting room. And I contend that when you see a movie with bad acting, don't blame the actor... blame those guys in the cutting room because they like that take.
Dustin Hoffman