Dustin Hoffman

“One thing about being a celebrity, you have to have a sense of humor.”

“The camera is a microscope.”

“I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologize, that's my life.”

“I don't think you can be a director without a kind of obsessive quality.”

“What makes a good director is someone who makes you do your best work.”

“I'm a character actor. I've always been a character actor.”

“Family is a survival mechanism.”

“I was an ugly kid. I've got a big nose. I'm not a handsome guy. I'm not a leading man.”

“A good review is a great review. A bad review is the worst thing that can happen to you.”

“You have to get through the Hamlet hoop to be a classic actor.”

“When you're a movie star, you're a movie star. You're not a person anymore.”

“That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more one wants to work on it.”

“I think the reason I'm an actor is that I'm a very shy person. I'm not a conversationalist.”

“The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.”

“Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - are the tools of an actor.”

“The truth is, I've been going to a therapist since I was 20.”

“An actor's life is a kind of control over something, but not over himself.”