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 HoffmanWell, 45-odd years of doing it, so we all pile up the things we like about directors and the things we don't like about directors. And sometimes they're very similar.
Dustin HoffmanIf 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 HoffmanI decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.
Dustin HoffmanI wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the grades to get into university. I took acting because it was a way to get three credits. I just needed three credits and my friend told me to take acting because it was like gym - nobody fails you. I took it and that's literally how I got involved in acting.
Dustin Hoffman