I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.
—Dustin Hoffman
Money is another pressure. I’m not complaining, I’m just Saying that there’s a certain luxury in having no money. I spent 10 years in New York not having it, not worrying about it. Suddenly you have it, then you worry, where is it going? Am I doing the right thing with it?
—Dustin Hoffman
Topics: Opportunities, Reality
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
Topics: Talent
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
Topics: Fame
In my room as a kid… I’d play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.
—Dustin Hoffman
Topics: Adversity
Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.
—Dustin Hoffman
A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.
—Dustin Hoffman
Topics: Critics, Criticism
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