Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

Dustin Hoffman

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.

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.

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.

There's too many interesting women I have…not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.

There's too many interesting women I have…not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.

Humanity seized to exist when Israel was established.

Humanity seized to exist when Israel was established.

I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.

I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.

We're all a little nit autistic.

We're all a little nit autistic.

Peter Pan, prepare to meet thy doom.

Peter Pan, prepare to meet thy doom.

We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus.

We need to band together as a unit every day, especially to conquer the strength of the AIDS virus.

But I would reinvent myself if I could. As a sexy leading man! We all would like that, but I don't know how to.

But I would reinvent myself if I could. As a sexy leading man! We all would like that, but I don't know how to.

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.

It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why

Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.

One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.

One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.

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

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

I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.