Dustin Hoffman movie quotes

“I get so lonely - especially when business is bad and there's nobody to talk to. I get the feeling that I'll never sell anything anymore, that I won't make a living for you, or a business, a business for the boys.”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“Don't confuse business with pleasure.”
Dustin Hoffman - Teach

“You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit!”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“The sign of a true hero is humility.”
Dustin Hoffman - Shifu

“Each perfume contains three chords: the head, the heart and the base, necessitating 12 notes in all. The head chord contains the first impression, lasting a few minutes before giving way to the heart chord, the theme of the perfume, lasting several hours. Finally, the base chord, the trail of the perfume lasting several days.”
Dustin Hoffman - Giuseppe Baldini

- Dr. Elizabeth "Beth" Halperin: Are you telling me that by Harry going into the sphere, he now has the power to manifest his dreams, his fantasies.
- Dr. Norman Goodman: Manifest! Manifest! He made it happen. It's not that different from a child. A child imagines something that believes it's real and it's not there, but with Harry, He not only... (continue)(continue reading)
Sharon Stone - Dr. Elizabeth "Beth" Halperin
Dustin Hoffman - Dr. Norman Goodman

“- Raymond Babbitt: Maple syrup is supposed to be on the table before the pancakes.
- Charlie Babbitt: We haven't ordered yet, Ray.
- Raymond Babbitt: Of course when they bring the maple syrup after the pancakes, it'll definitely be too late.”
Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt
Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt

“There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?”
Dustin Hoffman

“Can you believe I conceived him with one testicle? No really, it's true. I only have one because the other one never dropped. It's called an undescending testicle. It's not uncommon. But look at him! Imagine what he would've looked like if I had two!”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie Focker

“- Charley: The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell. And the funny thing is that you're a salesman and you don't know that.
- William 'Willy' Loman: Well, I've always tried to think otherwise, I guess. I always felt - that if a man was impressive, and well liked, that nothing...
- Charley: Why must everybody like you? Who liked...” (continue)(continue reading)
Charles Durning - Charley
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- Dorothy Michaels: Ron? I have a name it's Dorothy. It's not Tootsie or Toots or Sweetie or Honey or Doll.
- Ron: Oh, Christ.
- Dorothy Michaels: No, just Dorothy. Alan's always Alan, Tom's always Tom and John's always John. I have a name too. It's Dorothy, capital D-O-R-O-T-H-Y.”
Dustin Hoffman - Dorothy Michaels
Dabney Coleman - Ron

You know what I used to tell all my racers? "Don't look back, leave it all on the track".
Dustin Hoffman - Tucker

It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with "He dies". And yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know it's only natural to be sad, but not because of the words "He dies". but because of the life we saw prior to the words.

Dustin Hoffman - Mr. Edward Magorium

“Lick the world! You guys together could absolutely lick the civilized world!”

Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- George Fields: No, no, that's too limited... nobody in Hollywood wants to work with you either. I can't even set you up for a commercial. You played a tomato for 30 seconds - they went a half a day over schedule because you wouldn't sit down.
- Michael Dorsey: Of course. It was illogical.
- George Fields: You were a tomato. A tomato doesn't...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sydney Pollack - George Fields
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“Too me, you're just a horse with stripes who needs an attitude adjustment.”

Dustin Hoffman - Tucker

“- Harold Crick: You have to understand that this isn't a philosophy or a literary theory or a story to me. It's my life.
- Professor Jules Hilbert: Absolutely. So just go make it the one you've always wanted.”
Will Ferrell - Harold Crick
Dustin Hoffman - Professor Jules Hilbert

“- Dr. Norman Goodman: What the hell is it?
- Captain Harold C. Barnes: Whatever it is it seems to be what this bird was designed to do. Go out in the space and gather things like this up and bring it back.
- Dr. Norman Goodman: Yeah, but back from where?
- Dr. Harry Adams: Don't get too excited, Ted turn this thing over and it'll probably say ...” (continue)(continue reading)

Dustin Hoffman - Dr. Norman Goodman
Peter Coyote - Captain Harold C. Barnes
Samuel L. Jackson - Dr. Harry Adams

“- Bernie Focker: Roz, I'm not going through manopause. I'm just trying to find my 'true north'.
- Roz Focker: True north? What are you... a compass or something?
- Bernie Focker: No, but let's face it, I'm a stay-at-home dad whose kid hasn't lived at home in 25 years.”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie Focker
Barbra Streisand - Roz Focker

“- Dr. Norman Goodman: Can I ask you something about this reflective surface?
- Captain Harold C. Barnes: Yeah, it appears to be mercury, doesn't it? Except mercury is liquid at this temperature.
- Dr. Norman Goodman: Oh, no. That's not what I'm talking about. What worries me is that it's reflecting everything but us.”

Dustin Hoffman - Dr. Norman Goodman
Peter Coyote - Captain Harold C. Barnes

“When you get the blanket thing you can relax because everything you could ever want or be you already have and are.”

Dustin Hoffman - Bernard

“If I had kept everything my old man threw out, I'd be a wealthy man today.”
Dustin Hoffman - Teach

“- Ted Kramer: I'm sorry too. I want you to go to sleep because it's really late.
- Billy Kramer: Daddy?
- Ted Kramer: Now what is it?
- Billy Kramer: Are you going away?
- Ted Kramer: No. I'm staying here with you. You can't get rid of me that easy.”
Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer
Justin Henry - Billy Kramer

“I lived with my mother until I was thirty-two.”
Dustin Hoffman - Chuck Clarke

“- Chuck Clarke: Take one sip at a time. That water has to last you about another 48 minutes.
- Lyle Rogers: Why, what happens then?
- Chuck Clarke: We run out of water.”

Dustin Hoffman - Chuck Clarke
Warren Beatty - Lyle Rogers