Dustin Hoffman Video Showcase

"The better you are as a parent, the richer the nest you've built, the more difficult it is for your kids to leave. So they have to invent things to dislike about you. And they're brilliant at it."

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

"God knows I've done enough crap in my life to grow a few flowers."

"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."

"A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution."

"I want to thank my parents for not practicing birth control."

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

"I'm sure you've heard what George Burns said when somebody asked him what it's like to have sex when you're ninety. He said, 'Did you ever shoot pool with a piece of rope?' You can't do any better than that."