The 75 best phrases of Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman has been very well known within the Hollywood film industry since the 1960s, with an enviable career. Consolidating himself as one of the best actors, with a long career in tow, life has not always been easy for this actor, because in his youth he even had to give up his acting dreams and pursue other jobs to support himself, until his big break came, something that all movie-loving audiences thanks.

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Great quotes from Dustin Hoffman

Among his best works are, ‘Kramer vs Kramer’, ‘All the president’s men’, ‘Tootsie’, ‘Papillon’ or as the characteristic voice of Master Shifu in the ‘Kung fu panda’ saga. Therefore, we have brought a compilation with his best phrases from his work and his personal life that you can enjoy below.

1. I have been a better man to you as a woman than I have ever been to a woman as a man.

Talking about the change in perception of him after playing the role of a woman in Tootsie.

2. I wrote and bought a book, and I've been working on it as an acting and directing movie.

One of Dustin's passions is movie directing.

3. But I jokingly say things like, "Okay, I don't work at night, I don't work in the cold, I don't work in the rain. I have done it all "

On getting ‘demanding’ now that he already has a long career in film.

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

Sometimes our great passions come from a need.

5. This is your Life. Now go do it like you've always wanted.

Live your life as you have always wanted.

6. In 2000, the American Film Institute named Tootsie the second best comedy in American film history, second only to Billy Wilder's Hotter Better.

An anecdote that marked him.

7. The Oscars are raunchy, dirty, and no better than a beauty pageant.

A harsh criticism of the Oscars.

8. Man does not feel complete only with a family, it is work that gives us our identity.

Work makes us feel important to the world.

9. You spend much of your life based on what you think other people think of you. Then you realize that perhaps one of the purposes of life is not to worry.

A valuable lesson. Stop obsessing over what others think of us.

10. They say if you pay attention, you don't let success corrupt you. I think it is impossible.

Dustin confesses to us the danger of the corruption that fame leaves you.

11. If there is no direct threat, why are we invading?

A critique of the actions of the US government.

12. The plight of the actor, even if he is a star, is the plight of the women's movement. They tell us the same thing: get into bed, give me a good time, then give me something to eat, go do the laundry, be a good girl.

Even the actors can feel manipulated and repressed.

13. I don't like the fact that I have to age so fast, but I do like the fact that I am aging very well.

Time passes very quickly, but if we take advantage of it we can enjoy it.

14. You become vulnerable to the people around you, you are engaged with agents and other people who take advantage of your work.

Success also leaves you exposed.

15. I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is challenge him when he's satisfied with your performance.

You have to know how to negotiate.

16. Nothing excited me that much, so I decided to take a break, until my wife couldn't take it anymore and she said to me: I think you'd better get back to work.

Monotony can become a dangerous enemy.

17. The problem is that we live in the culture of the happy ending, the culture of "as it should be" rather than as it is. If they hadn't taught us that fantasy, I think we'd be less neurotic.

We must learn to live within our possibilities to achieve happiness.

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

A reminder that we learn more from our mistakes than from our successes.

19. Murray Schisgal has been a dear friend for over 30 years. He pitched the idea for the movie Tootsie by asking me, "How different would you be if you were born a woman?"

It all started with an idea.

20. I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk and the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. Don't you think they were cute like any other baby?

It is our decisions that lead us to good or bad paths.

21. The two basic elements necessary to sustain life are sunlight and coconut milk.

Two simple elements that bring happiness.

22. I knew I finally made it as a performer when I started hearing rumors that she was gay.

A good performance raises suspicions in reality.

23. I told my wife that I had to make this movie. She asked, "Why?" And I said, "Because I think I'm an interesting woman when I look at myself on the screen and yet I know that if I were to be found at a party, I would never speak to that character."

One of the reasons for playing her role in Tootsie.

24. What makes divorce happen is that you can no longer be in the same space, for whatever reason, but the love remains. And that's the killer. That's where vehemence and anger come from.

Divorce occurs when people realize that love is not enough.

25. There are many interesting women that I have not had the experience of meeting in this life because I was brainwashed.

Our negative beliefs prevent us from growing.

26. Somehow, I think it was stated from the beginning that I was, if not the black sheep of the family, a not very good student.

Are you the black sheep of the family?

27. I love acting, and I'm not going to determine what I do based on what I'm afraid other people might think.

If you love doing something, then you have to put aside the negative opinion of others.

28. Because it does not coincide, physically, with the needs that we grew up thinking that women should have in order to ask her out.

Dorothy Michaels' character brought him a lot of insight and thought about the treatment of women.

29. Feminism is much more of a reflex than anything else. It is the supreme exercise of what, at least for me, is always very difficult: putting yourself in the shoes of the other.

Thoughts on feminism.

30. Blame only God, and little children.

There are times where blaming is an excuse for not taking responsibility for our actions.

31. 37 seconds, we breathe, we dance, we regenerate, the heart beats, the mind creates, the soul absorbs, 37 seconds well spent is a lifetime.

Don't underestimate the power of time.

32. We all believe what we read.

Unfortunately, this is a very true fact.

33. One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying.

Success must free us from fear.

34. People like Johnny Depp are an exception. He is the current model of what an actor should be.

Talking about Johnny Depp.

35. The main characters are written for those in their 30s. At 40, there are still some left. When you get to 50, it starts to get complicated.

On the treatment of older artists in Hollywood.

36. If you have this enormous talent, he has you by the balls, he is a demon.

Talent is sometimes a burden.

37. I got into acting so I could meet girls. Pretty girls came later. First, I wanted to start with someone with two legs, who would smile at me and look soft.

One of his goals after the performance.

38. The feeling that everything can go wrong is more present when directing a film.

New challenges are presented with this passion.

39. What makes someone a good father or mother? You need perseverance, patience... you have to pretend that you listen to him when you can't even listen, you have to love him a lot.

There is no manual that tells you how to be a good parent.

40. Mental fun is essential.

The mind is our liberation or our cage.

41. I don't understand, personally, how you can get bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I don't understand boredom.

There are people who entertain themselves with anything that there is no room for boredom.

42. I have never been in a house of prostitution, but I understand that you arrive in more than seven minutes.

Talking jokingly about his false accusations.

43. If I couldn't convince myself as a woman, they would agree not to make the movie. They asked me, "What do you mean by that?" And I said, “My intuition tells me that unless he can walk the streets of New York dressed as a woman, and nobody looks and says' who is this guy in disguise? ', or if they turn around for whatever reason, you know,' who is this crazy? ', unless he could do it without attracting attention, he didn't want to movie.

A personal goal behind her character as Dorothy.

44. There is a rebirth that continues with us continually as human beings.

Every day we evolve.

45. There is only one way for a marriage to work, is for a man to live every second in fear.

A funny reference to marriage.

46. I read that Tom Cruise and I were two big egos delaying shooting. I know that's not true, but if I wasn't making a movie with him and just picked up the newspaper, I'd believe it. That is interesting, right?

Speaking sarcastically about the senseless criticism of the tabloid press.

47. Once you are a star you are already dead. You are embalmed.

The dark side of stardom.

48. You cannot be a family man, a husband and a caring person and be that animal.

There is no room between being a good person and a monster inside.

49. By acting, you care about your job performance. And that's it.

Acting is a job like any other.

50. Death is the only adventure I have left.

One of the memorable lines of him as Captain Hook.

51. Your life is an opportunity, take advantage of it.

There is only one life. So take advantage of it.

52. During filming, I became friends with cinematographer John de Borman, with whom I exchanged ideas about the design of each scene. Until one day he told me: "You should direct a movie." I replied, "Sure, give me a good idea."

The beginning of his decision to direct.

53. If you are waiting for work, you are dead.

Opportunities are made, they do not come magically.

54. For now, it is not being as bad as they said. Everything is related to health. In fact, there are only two stages in life: before, when you are healthy, and later, when something happens.

Health is the most important thing to take care of.

55. I think there will always be some kind of bigotry or some kind of racism. There has to be.

Racism will always exist.

56. For me, as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the pain of the country and I think it's reprehensible.

One of the embarrassments of him as an American.

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

Life has good times and bad times almost equally.

58. As you drive, you need to figure out what to do when the weather gets in the way of a filming day. You are committed to that project all day.

The film director has many skills.

59. We are fugitives from the law. Stupidity is our only option.

For some, stupidity is a refuge.

60. Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Since I became an actor, from the beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I can't explain why.

Not all have the same aspiration, even if they go for a similar goal.

61. If you can go out there and say I'm going to... I'm willing to fail in what I feel is right, that's all.

Not only do you have to be motivated to get ahead, but to accept our failures.

62. No matter what you have read, heard, seen, nothing comes close to the experience of seeing your child being born. The woman reaches a state of concentration that you, as a man, will never achieve.

Fatherhood is an extreme change for both men and women.

63. This is my house and I am me. I will not tolerate violence against this house.

No one has the right to destroy you.

64. The next day, when I was getting ready to travel by plane, he called me saying that he had received a great script (it was from the Quartet) and that the filmmaker initially contacted could not direct. It was enough to read the script to make the decision.

Something that started as a joke and became a reality.

65. People cannot feel that they have hero qualities unless there is someone below them.

There are egocentrics who dress up as heroes.

66. In my room when I was a child... I played a wrestler and they threw me to the ground and I won again.

A beautiful childhood memory of him.

67. Every time I go to an interview, I think: Answer briefly and objectively. I fight, but I can't.

The actors have a very bad time in the interviews.

68. You are ugly and you are dumb, that's the truth about you.

We must accept our weaknesses.

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

We all have our own beliefs.

70. Depressed, anxious, sad, scared? Yes. But I was never bored.

Boredom has no place in your life.

71. It was a decision that I had been cherishing for the past few years and the opportunity came when I finished filming It Had to Be You.

When the opportunity comes, you just have to seize it.

72. If you don't want to wield a weapon, you have to go back to being supportive. If you want to have a leading role, you have to produce your movie.

To do something right, you have to do it yourself.

73. And that's another reason for making this movie - we can put works on the movie now, at relatively little cost, and they'll reach an audience they never would have otherwise.

His biggest goal behind his directing career.

74. The vigor did not leave me. In fact, the proof of this is that driving takes a lot of stamina.

Vigor keeps us active.

75. I do what I want to do.

If Dustin Hoffman can, why can't you?