Dustin Hoffman movie quotes

“- Mrs. Pananides: I have a friend in the Coast Guard, all I have to do is call...
- Sam Daniels: How close a friend?
- Mrs. Pananides: Closer than his wife would like.”
Diana Bellamy - Mrs. Pananides
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels

“- Peter Banning: I remember you being a lot bigger.
- Captain Hook: To a ten year-old I'm huge.”
Robin Williams - Peter Banning
Dustin Hoffman - Peter Banning

“I never said I love you. You're one of the dearest friends I've ever had, but let's not pretend that we're something we're not, or we're gonna lose everything we have!”

Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“- Captain Hook: No stopping me this time, Smee. This is it. Don't make a move Smee, not a step. My finger's on the trigger. Don't try to stop me, Smee.
- Smee: Oh, not again.
- Captain Hook: This is it. Don't try to stop me this time, Smee. Don't try to stop me this time, Smee. Don't you dare try to stop me this time, Smee, try to stop me. Smee,...” (continue)(continue reading)

Dustin Hoffman - Captain Hook
Bob Hoskins - Smee

“- Lyle Rogers: Chuck, this isn't really a good time to get depressed.
- Chuck Clarke: You're right, I don't know what's wrong with me.
- Lyle Rogers: Look at the upside: we're not livin' lives of quiet desperation.”
Warren Beatty - Lyle Rogers
Dustin Hoffman - Chuck Clarke

“- Ron: You don't like me, do you? Now, I can respect that. There's not many women that I can't make like me. Why don't you like me?
- Michael Dorsey: I don't like the way you treat Julie. I don't like the way you patronize her. I don't like the way you deceive her. I don't like the way you lie to her.”
Dabney Coleman - Ron
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“- Billy Kramer: We need cereal.
- Ted Kramer: Okay, what color?”
Justin Henry - Billy Kramer
Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer

“- Stanley Motss: I bet you're great at chess.
- Conrad Brean: I would be if I could remember how all the pieces moved.”
Dustin Hoffman - Stanley Motss
Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean

“It's like a plumber: do your job right and nobody should notice. But when you fuck it up, everything gets full of shit.”

Dustin Hoffman - Stanley Motss

“I know why it's raining. I coulda predicted it. It's raining because my fucking wipers are all fucked up. If my wipers were okay, the fucking sun would be shining. At night.”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

“If you think I'm lying, drop the bomb. If you think I'm crazy, drop the bomb. But don't drop the bomb just because you're following orders!”
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels

“On the road I want to grab you sometimes and just kiss the life outta you.”

Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“There's more people! That's what's ruining this country! The population is getting out of control! The competition is maddening!”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- Captain James Hook: Smee, I don't understand. Why doesn't he fly? Is he not Peter Pan?
- Smee: He's Peter Pan, all right, Captain. He's just been away from Neverland so long, his mind's been junk-tified. He's forgotten everything.”

Dustin Hoffman - Captain James Hook
Bob Hoskins - Smee

“- Raymond Babbitt: I like to drive slow on the driveway.
- Charlie Babbitt: If you get this right, Ray, you can drive anywhere you want as slow as you want.”

Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt
Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt

“- Sam Daniels: Why don't you just for once take a chance?
- Robby Keough: You know what, Sam? I did. I married you.”
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels
Rene Russo - Robby Keough

“Walk in with a big laugh. Don't look worried. Start off with a couple of your good stories to lighten things up. It's not what you say, it's how you say it - because personality always wins the day.”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“Oh, I hate being disappointed, Smee. And I hate living in this flawed body. And I hate living in Neverland. And I hate... I hate... I hate Peter Pan!”
Dustin Hoffman - Captain Hook

“- Captain Hook: I have waited long to shake your hand with this. Peter Pan, prepare to meet thy doom!
- Peter Banning: Dark and sinister man, have at thee.”
Dustin Hoffman - Captain Hook
Robin Williams - Peter Banning

“It's not what you do, Ben, it's who you know and the smile on your face! It's contacts, Ben, contacts! The whole wealth of Alaska passes over the lunch table at the Commodore Hotel, and that's the wonder, the wonder of this country, that a man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked!”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“I think your mother reads to you every night in order to stupefy you to sleep. So she and daddy can sit down for three measly minutes without you and your mindless, inexhaustible, unstoppable, repetitive and nagging demands. He took my toy. She hit my bear. I want a potty. I want a cookie. I want to stay up. I want, I want, I want, me, me, me,...” (continue)(continue reading)

Dustin Hoffman - Captain James Hook

“Well, my stupid, sorry, parasitic sacks of entrails... revenge is mine.”
Dustin Hoffman - Captain James Hook

“You're a god damn saint, John. Pardon the vulgarity.”
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

“- Raymond Babbitt: Sally Dibbs, Dibbs Sally. 461-0192.
- Sally Dibbs: How did you know my phone number?
- Charlie Babbitt: How did you know that?
- Raymond Babbitt: You said read the telephone book last night. Dibbs Sally. 461-0192.”

Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt
Bonnie Hunt - Sally Dibbs
Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt

“- Margaret Phelps: Joanna is a very unhappy woman and it took a lot of courage to walk out this door.
- Ted Kramer: How much courage does it take to walk out on your kid?”
Jane Alexander - Margaret Phelps
Dustin Hoffman - Ted Kramer