Dustin hoffman

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I...

Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long time and then come back and do, in a sense, one of the biggest scenes that each character had.

Blame is for God and small children.

For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's...

Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.

Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.

And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now, at a relatively small cost, and they will reach an audience they would never have reached otherwise.

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

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

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.