Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series)

Dustin Hoffman (2006)

Dustin Hoffman: Self - Guest

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• Dustin Hoffman : Failing is not the worst. Committing a sin is worse. Not failing. Committing a sin. You know, putting something out there that you think is safe and that you think "Well, I won't get hurt, it's derivative, it's worked before." It's kind of a sin because you're denying yourself your... gift, I guess. There's nothing wrong with failing. You're gonna fail. I fail. Everything is "Success! Success! Success! Success!" Fine! Fine. But give me something that is "Ooooh!", that's in the "Oooh!" You know? Let the film not work, let the actor not even be consistent, but put me in there, in that place with somebody. That's worth everything.

• Dustin Hoffman : If you're in your 20s, I tell my kids it's a "question mark decade" in a sense. We're told that we should know what we want to do, and it's a terrible thing. "What are you gonna do? What are you gonna be? Well, how can you make a living with that? Well, I'm paying for your college, you gotta - " no, no, no, no, no, no! It's your question mark. You're never gonna have this luxury again of not knowing, and it is a luxury not to know. You can play! You must do that! You must! It's your only way not to go crazy; meaning, if you're gonna wait for the job, you will die.