Dustin Hoffman in 1971 on Duplicity and Famosity

Dustin Hoffman in 1971 on Duplicity and Famosity | Blank on Blank

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"I did as much as I could do at that time in my life ... I tried as hard as I could and I couldn't do better"
- Dustin Hoffman in 1971
Interview by Milton Hoffman from the Pacifica Radio Archives
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We came across this rarely heard interview with Dustin Hoffman recorded in 1971. It's such a thoughtful, unrushed conversation from a Hollywood icon when he was just a few years into becoming a star. He was still catching his breath and asking the questions that so many of us wonder when professional careers and a family life are beginning to take shape.
Even though Hoffman was only 33 at the time of the interview, he said Hollywood already viewed as an old timer, part of the establishment. This despite the fact The Graduate, Hoffman’s breakout film, had been released a few years earlier. That was followed up by his role as Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy -- the X rated film that won an oscar for best picture.
Listening to this interview tape, we were drawn to this idea of the struggles that pop up between different generations and the questions one confronts internally as he or she gets older.
Enjoy. Here’s Dustin Hoffman like you've rarely heard him before.
CHOICE QUOTES
"When I was an adolescent it was a very, very painful time for me. I had a lot of trouble in school."
"I grew up on the coattails of an aggressive society. I carried a knife taped to my leg. I never used it, but it was there"
"when I was an adolescent it was a very, very painful time for me. I had a lot of trouble in school."
"'I'm walking here. I'm walking here.' That wasn't in the script. That was an accident. We were walking across the street, and a cab came by and threatened to ruin the shot. At that moment, I was not Ratso, I was just myself trying to save the scene."
"I've tried to bring out unattractive aspects of me in roles that I've played, and sometimes achieved that. I can't apologize for anything I've done."
"I've just been around three years. I'm thought of as a veteran. I'm no longer a newcomer. I'm kind of establishment I guess."
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Animator: Patrick Smith
Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Colorist: Diana Tantillo
Music You Heard via APM
"Hearts In The Sky" Gurney Slade, Peter Albion
"Folk Rock" Henry Marsh, Phil Pickett
"Peace and Love" Chris Goulstone, Clive Deamer
"Water Rising" (Instrumental) Gareth David Dickson
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@BrushesOfMagic 9 жыл бұрын

These videos are an art! And not just for the animation, but more for the insight of the people being interviewed at that particular time in their lives that they are being interviewed. It's quite beautiful!!!🌹

@triplucid3563 6 жыл бұрын

Right on!

@johncunningham5145 8 жыл бұрын

I can never say enough but Thank you, Mr Dustin Hoffman for your dedication to your art and performing for your directors , producers and writers. We fans and and amateurs in acting appreciate your dedication to the craft over these many decades.

@byeInsulse 9 жыл бұрын

Oh, this is a real treat. I love Dustin Hoffman!

@anitapg75 3 жыл бұрын

what an intelligent man and a top actor.

@retrohourglass9923 8 жыл бұрын

These are truly amazing! These inspire me so much! Especially with my storyboard class and animation minor.

@ericheine2414 5 жыл бұрын

Dear Mr. Hoffman thank you for your wonderful contribution. I know of you, thank you for providing a little insight as to who you are. Take care and be well.

@dustinclark3580 7 жыл бұрын

respect to Hoffmann. Another valiant warrior.

@DarkAngelEU 9 жыл бұрын

he might not like it but he really is a different kind of actor, never cared bout fame or fancy suits on the red carpet only playing roles that brought out parts he might not even know about himself and he indeed throws himself completely for each and every one of em

@stuvs830 9 жыл бұрын

Hadn't heard that interview. I really love the one he did on "Tootsie" where he says he realized how many women he hadn't made connection with, simply because they weren't attractive. He looked near tears at telling it. Maybe if you revisit him ;) thank you.

@leetorry 9 жыл бұрын

I love this series ever since I saw the video with Luis Armstrong. I like how you animate, the interviews you pick and how much you respect you give to these incredible men and women while having fun at the same time. Do you think you can do interviews of Businessmen and/or people influencial in the computer industry (the late Nintendo ceo Satoru Iwata has some interesting interviews, so does Bill Gates, Shigeru Miyamoto and Gabe Newell) Movie directors (Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock), Artists (Andy Warhol and some people that I forgot) and some more of my favorite musicians (Layne Staley, Dave Mustain, Chuck Schuldiner and Freddie Mercury). Thank You!

@leetorry 9 жыл бұрын

(I Forgot to add Tom G Warrior and Dave Grohl in the Musicians part, theey also had some nice interviews)

@PatrickSmithAnimation 9 жыл бұрын

Lee Torry Hitchcock would be awesome.. i'll mention it to the higher ups:)

@guzzinerd 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you producers, I'm really enjoying these a lot. You could spend a lifetime just on the interviews of Studs Terkel, which would be great… I can't wait to hear who's next. Will there be interviews of people whose names are less notable'? There's eons of a world filled with fascinating minds and stories sadly the advent of recording is mostly a late 20th century thing. Have you checked out archive.org? Granted, you are finding these by investing the time in some great archive work. It's a bit reminiscent of 'Lost and Found Sounds' …which I also loved. I'll just keep enjoying and living vicariously through your work with is clearly sheer pleasure, too. Dang, I should have gone into radio production! Thank you, again.

@vn43twelve 8 жыл бұрын

This is really a fantastic series

@yes-gm5ts 3 жыл бұрын

bring this series back, teach the children

@Voltanaut 9 жыл бұрын

Boy was that beautiful. Great job, guys.

@eyeballsushi 9 жыл бұрын

These just keep getting better.

@eyeballsushi 9 жыл бұрын

Michael Low would love to see leonard cohen or charles bukowski!

@jacksonq.218 8 жыл бұрын

I love this.

@jonathanmichael4840 3 жыл бұрын

This is April 2021 this interview happened in April 1971 I’m watching this video exactly 50 years later a coincidence

@walterthorne5782 4 жыл бұрын

brilliant

@ignacioperez8793 9 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see an Isaac Brock video, is it possible to do it?

@3scr0fula 7 жыл бұрын

loved it! .... is just the cartoon, it doesn't look like Dustin Hoff

@mime987 9 жыл бұрын

Would love to see one done for Bob Dylan, or Bob Marley(Marleys talkin' blues has some amazing interviews)

@TheDudeMinds89 9 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a Abbie Hoffman or a Jerry Rubin interview.

@PHRCpvh 2 жыл бұрын

I feel that Hoffman is kinda underrated

@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын

How do you figure that? He's been nominated for Oscars a million times, won two, was considered one of the absolute top actors of his generation, and was pretty much the first of his group to really "make it", first in '67 with "The Graduate" and then '69 with "Midnight Cowboy". If all he had ever done were those two movies, we'd still be talking about him.

@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын

This interview is probably in relation to the movie "Who Is Harry Kellerman And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me"?, in which he plays a rock star dealing with celebrity. (Taken with Jack Nicholson's "Psych Out" where Nicholson plays a bass player with a pony tail, playing at the Fillmore, you get two of the greatest actors of their generation not being very convincing as rock musicians!).

@spoocyguy 9 жыл бұрын

Apparently that beautiful last song is "Water Rising" (Instrumental) Gareth David Dickson. Does anyone know where I might be able to download it or purchase it? Plz AND thx!

@BlankonblankOrg 9 жыл бұрын

spoocyguy It is stock music from APM. Not sure if or where you can download it. But glad you liked how we scored the piece.

@treycoook 9 жыл бұрын

spoocyguy audio.apmmusic.com/mp3_128/BRU/LOCD/BRU_LOCD_0028/BRU_LOCD_0028_00601.mp3

@spoocyguy 9 жыл бұрын

treycoook ***** *mmmwah!* can I ask if this song is public domain? Would go great in a youtube video I am going to make...

@treycoook 9 жыл бұрын

spoocyguy It is not, APM is a music licensing company. You must purchase a license to use their stuff in videos (and to download it). Check apmmusic.com for more info!

@christyoliviahannahberry1285 8 жыл бұрын

Is this the cartoonist that did Dr. Katz, The critic and recently Home Movies? I freakin love cartoons :)

@BlankonblankOrg 8 жыл бұрын

+Olivia Berry alas no. It's Pat Smith. But we love Dr. Katz.

@johncarter6519 9 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have any Frank Zappa tapes? I would love to hear, and see what they come up with for him.

@BlankonblankOrg 9 жыл бұрын

Great request. It's on the list.

@johncarter6519 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad to here it.

@triplucid3563 6 жыл бұрын

Check out Zappa's Chat with Studs Terkel it goes on pretty long and says great helpful info for musicians

@oily.4608 9 жыл бұрын

😍💜🌹💜💜🌹

@sloppyjoel 7 жыл бұрын

Add Sid Vicious to the series plez

@linglingjr 9 жыл бұрын

"Celebrities" don't have anything meaningful to say today. For the most part, they don't give interviews, make music, movies, or art that actually expresses any of their ideas or opinions. Everything about being a celebrity today seems so superficial and backwards compared to what's said in this interview from 1971.

@vinayseth1114 7 жыл бұрын

Yes- being a star today is like being an athlete or something- just keep delivering some random hits and keep the business running.

@ronwood788 6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha “It’s sad that there were tradition oriented people” really weird. I see it now like I’ve never seen before, these people look at others who live how they’ve settled in their time and they pity them. Imagine if I thought I knew what was best for everyone better than traditions, the ego is absolutely mad! Whoa! Just think of how any people died to make a single individual and all that time, pre objective science, mankind had been pursuing a sort of trial by fire to produce the best ideas. Many died in the service of this and the stories, philosophies, cultures, and traditions established a framework to keep a culture alive! “What a poor excuse for a life not having sexual freedom was” what makes you think that these people were such slaves to their traditions? What makes you so sure that although less sexual gratification may have been a result, that these people of the old time didn’t have meaningful lives?? Sex is as old as tradition itself and is at the very core of a human being. I wouldn’t be so sure that just blowing the whole damn infrastructure out is such a great thing. The law of conservation of mass dictates that matter is neither created nor destroyed, I can’t help but feel as if that same principle may apply to the dimension of tradition.

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