I came in on this movie after there had been a director and I came in after Tom Courtenay had talked to Ron Harwood about making a movie. So, you know Tom and Albert Finney had been friends since the beginning of their career as they became stars around the same time - Tom always reminds me that Albert was first with Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and then Tom with The Long Distance Runner.
Dustin HoffmanThere's too many interesting women I have…not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.
Dustin HoffmanEuthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.
Dustin HoffmanNow, 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 HoffmanSomeone once said to me, 'Some of us choose to live with a lifeboat just a little bit out of our reach.' I'd like to reach a point where I no longer bullshit myself. I think that's the natural human condition - to lie to yourself. Because the truth is painful.
Dustin Hoffman