Dustin Hoffman movie quotes

“Just like a musical chord, a perfume chord contains four essences, or notes, carefully selected for their harmonic affinity.”
Dustin Hoffman - Giuseppe Baldini

“In Hollywood you can be forgotten while you're out of the room going to the toilet.”
Dustin Hoffman

“- Ted Kramer: I see the Knicks finally won a game, what do you know?
- Billy Kramer: I don't care.
- Ted Kramer: What do you mean?
- Billy Kramer: I like Boston.
- Ted Kramer: Boston? Why do you like Boston?
- Billy Kramer: 'Cause Mommy's from Boston.”
Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer
Justin Henry - Billy Kramer

“Before the battle of the fist comes the battle of the mind…then the dramatic entrance.”
Dustin Hoffman - Shifu

“- Bernie Focker: You kids wanna pick your nose and flick your boogers? Do it!
- Pam Focker: Hey, Bernie!
- Bernie Focker: But do it only when it's dry. Don't do a wet one.”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie Focker
Teri Polo - Pam Focker

“- Mendoza: Hey hombre, he doesn't even trust his mother. Why he's gonna trust you?
- Bernie LaPlante: Because I'm not his mother.”
Bobby C. Collins - Mendoza
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

“- Sam Daniels: Sir, what did I ever do to make your life miserable?
- General Billy Ford: You got up this morning, didn't you?”
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels
Morgan Freeman - General Billy Ford

“- Shifu: Master! I have... it's very bad news!
- Oogway: Ah, Shifu. There is just news. There is no good or bad.
- Shifu: Master, your vision. Your vision was right! Tai-Lung has broken out of prison! He's on his way!
- Oogway: That is bad news.”
Dustin Hoffman - Shifu
Randall Duk Kim - Oogway

“- Molly Mahoney: Are you dying?
- Mr. Edward Magorium: Light bulbs die, my sweet. I will depart.”
Natalie Portman - Molly Mahoney
Dustin Hoffman - Mr. Edward Magorium

The other morning, I'm at the refrigerator... you know, getting Billy ready for school. So I'm just in my underwear and he notices I've lost weight. And he comes in and pats me. He comes up to here and he says "Daddy, you've really lost a lot of weight", he looks up at me and he says "And it's all gone to your nose".

Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer

“- Charlie Babbitt: Hey, Ray, you take a shower right?
- Raymond Babbitt: Yeah.
- Charlie Babbitt: Well the rain is a lot like the shower, you get a little wet. What do you say, Ray? What do you say?
- Raymond Babbitt: Of course the shower is in the bathroom.
- Charlie Babbitt: That's the end of that conversation.”

Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt
Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt

“- Smee: I've just had an apostrophe.
- Captain Hook: I think you mean an epiphany.
- Smee: Lightning has just struck my brain.
- Captain Hook: Well, that must hurt.”
Bob Hoskins - Smee
Dustin Hoffman - Captain Hook

“- General Donald McClintock: With all due respect, Colonel Daniels, if you do not follow us to Travis Air Force Base, I will blow you out of the sky.
- Sam Daniels: General, with all due respect, fuck you, sir.”
Donald Sutherland - General Donald McClintock
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels

“You're a good grifter. It's hard to tell when you're lying.”
Dustin Hoffman - King

“- Captain Hook: Peter! Where are you going? Come back here and fight me! Or I'll find you wherever you are, you hear me? Bad form, Peter, come back!
- Maggie Banning: You need a mother very, very badly!”

Dustin Hoffman - Captain Hook
Amber Scott - Maggie Banning

“Well done, students... if you were trying to disappoint me.”
Dustin Hoffman - Shifu

“Yet from an infinite number of possibilities, you had to pick this one. You didn't see what was, Jeanne. You saw what you wanted to see.”

Dustin Hoffman - The Conscience

“- Charlie Babbitt: That's amazing! He is amazing! He should work for NASA or something like that.
- Doctor: [walking to Raymond Babbitt] If you had a dollar... and you spent 50 cents, how much money would you have left?
- Raymond Babbitt: About 70...
- Doctor: 70 cents?
- Raymond Babbitt: 70 cents.”

Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt
Barry Levinson - Doctor
Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt

“You know you're not really Peter Pan, don't you? This is only a dream. When you wake up, you'll just be Peter Banning - a cold, selfish man who drinks too much, is obsessed with success, and runs and hides from his wife and children!”

Dustin Hoffman - Captain Hook

“- Les: Why'd you do it?
- Michael Dorsey: I needed the work.
- Les: The only reason you're still breathing is because I never kissed you.”

Charles Durning - Les
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“- Bernard: How is the sex?
- Dawn Campbell: The sex?
- Brad Stand: Come on, guys. Come on. That's private.
- Dawn Campbell: That's gross.
- Vivian: Our undercover surveillance shows it's been infrequent and short. Eight to nine minutes. Typically.”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernard
Naomi Watts - Dawn Campbell
Jude Law - Brad Stand
Lily Tomlin - Vivian

“Prisons are for tough guys. Prisons are for guys who beat each other up, lift weights, fuck each other.”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

Since there's a water scarcity on the island, we kind of abide by the “if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down” policy.

Dustin Hoffman - Bernie Focker

“- Sam Daniels: Just don't get negative on me.
- Major Salt: Affirmative.”
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Major Salt

“You cannot wear white to a casual dinner. It's too dressy.”
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey