Dustin Hoffman Actors Quotations

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

I think we all felt it on this movie - crew and cast. You never know when you're making a movie... no one is saying in the middle of Casablanca that this is going to be a classic. The lead actors had turned it down and I think they wound up with B-list actors at the time.

I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the set and see the director standing there mouthing all the words while a scene is going on, that's usually a very bad sign because it means the director has already shot the scene in his head. He knows exactly the rhythm and the nuances that he wants delivered in the line and you're not going to dissuade him.

One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.

I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful.