Dustin Hoffman

I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#because #before #did #directing #few

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

#director #i #i think #insulting #interpretation

If there is no direct threat why are we invading? ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#invading #threat #why

If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#balls #caring #demon #dickens #enormous

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

— Dustin Hoffman

#come #fighter #floor #get #i

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

— Dustin Hoffman

#life #mean #stinks #you

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

— Dustin Hoffman

#bring #fantasy #myth #supposed #together

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

#afraid #already #being #being afraid #dead

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

#black sheep #declared #early #family #good

Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long time and then come back and do, in a sense, one of the biggest scenes that each character had. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#biggest #break #character #come #each