Dustin Hoffman On Why He Turned Sown ‘Schindler’s List’

Dustin Hoffman On Why He Turned Sown ‘Schindler’s List’ | TODAY

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At age 78, Dustin Hoffman is still acting, supplying one of the voices in the animated family feature “Kung Fu Panda 3.” “I thought it was the stupidest title,” Hoffman tells Lauer, and he admits he’s not sure what kind of talking animal he’s portraying in the film (it’s a red panda), but he also thinks it may be the best film in the franchise. He also talks about his regrets, such as turning down “Schindler’s List,” and speculates that maybe he didn’t think he deserved success.
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Dustin Hoffman On Why He Turned Sown ‘Schindler’s List’ | TODAY

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@marcusmanuel9284 8 жыл бұрын

Dustin Hoffman is an extremely true talent. He is my favorite actor. I love Dustin Hoffman so much! He is still going strong at the age of 78.

@ruly8153 3 жыл бұрын

He’s also a rapy type

@orangewarm1 18 күн бұрын

thanks for that

@Orxan7 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best actors of all time!!! True Legend!!!

@Sbannmarie Жыл бұрын

He’s the best

@MOGGS1942 8 жыл бұрын

I hope I look as good as he does at 78.

@SupaPoopaScoopa 7 жыл бұрын

Well certainly sounds sharper then most people after 45 year olds

@RollinRocker 7 жыл бұрын

Too bad he turned it sown. he would have been sreat.

@RobotPorter 7 жыл бұрын

You mean. Too bas he turnes it sown. He wouls have been great.

@kevinzhang3313 7 жыл бұрын

wouldnt have been the same with a method actor in the role, on realism rather than targeted depth.

@mukulsingh118 7 жыл бұрын

Roaring Twenties I know ghat you bean !

@lionelbettinger9622 7 жыл бұрын

Spell check NBC

@Nonie46 6 жыл бұрын

I believe he turned those roles down because he gets uncomfortable in being highly successful!

@SpaceCattttt 6 жыл бұрын

I think Dustin's the kind of man who cares more about the process of acting and the finished work than being famous. So when he's offered a part, no matter how great the script is, he will turn it down if he feels he isn't right for the film. It takes a humble man to care more about the success of the work rather than personal glory. And that's, ironically, why I think he deserves to be a star.Because he has a reputation as a serious actor, he brings that prestige with him to the films he makes, which in turn improves the chances of the film or play becoming successful. And that's what being a star should be about: Being a professional who brings attention to their work, and NOT their private lives. And I don't remember ever reading about Dustin in the gossip columns. Do you? He's a pure actor in the sense that he's always acting, whether he wants to or not. And there aren't too many actors around who "can't help themselves", but still remain captivating rather than annoying when they do "go off on one". Dustin's one of them, and that's also worth being a star for, in my opinion.

@fabianpatrizio2865 Жыл бұрын

unlike today's bimbo fame seeking 'actors'

@dfa3366 8 жыл бұрын

What a great range of characters. He can do comedy like The Graduate and Tootsie to hardcore dramas like Midnight Cowboy to Kramer vs. Kramer and maybe his best work think in Lenny. Of course Rain Man.

@natemarks7926 6 жыл бұрын

straw dogs most definitely his most intense and disturbing role.

@cultfilmfreakreviews 5 жыл бұрын

and he was also hilarious in dramas, esp Midnight Cowboy. he could do anything back when he was able to translate himself into anything. then when he got a certain age his face wasn't able to morph into different things.

@fleafrusciante6274 2 жыл бұрын

@@natemarks7926 he was also great in the movie straight time where he embodies a bank robber perfectly

@jjtyson637 8 жыл бұрын

dustin looks so much younger than 78

@LittleMak1 8 жыл бұрын

He's 78?! Doesn't look like it, more like 60s

@muir2809 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love Dustin Hoffman. Such a legend

@KevinKlineisawesome 8 жыл бұрын

I used to be a fan of Dustin and I admire him greatly to this day. I like Schindler's List. Rain Man was my most frequently watched movie of his.

@grandmalovesmebest Жыл бұрын

OMG! Midnight Cowboy?

@NoName-ub2db 7 жыл бұрын

He is like Robin Williams!! You just love him!!

@samkresil6011 5 жыл бұрын

Well they HAVE both played men who dress as woman as a central plot.

@mariexx__ 4 жыл бұрын

Sam Kresil I love him so much in Toostie 😍 Dorothy was amazing, really

@Janemba126 3 жыл бұрын

They both starred in Hook too!

@nicolefoster7976 8 жыл бұрын

Gosh he's amazing. He's my favorite actor. I mean, just look at all the characters he hasn't just played, but has become.

@nicholaschristiaan8061 6 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t say why he turned it down.

@technodroog 8 жыл бұрын

Hoffman looks great for a 78 year-old

@ebsenraptzski9522 6 жыл бұрын

after plastic surgery

@irandoosty 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of it is he has most of his hair left.

@datatsushi2016 3 жыл бұрын

@@irandoosty yup. Weird how some guys go bald even before their thirties and other people don't

@intrinsictremblings 8 жыл бұрын

Aw, he definitely has deserved all his success!

@dgaubin 4 жыл бұрын

"The chance to bring your gift into the same aperture as your life takes a lot of luck." Heavy.

@RyderDavis 8 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Braddock, Ratso Rizzo, Jack Crabb, David Sumner, Louis Dega, Lenny Bruce, Carl Bernstein, Thomas "Babe" Levy, Ted Kramer, Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels, Willy Loman, Raymond Babbitt, Captain James Hook, Stanley Motts, Charles Frohman, Whew!

@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 3 жыл бұрын

Bernie Focker,Harold Meyerowitz

@satinwhip 3 жыл бұрын

That certainly explains why he took some of the roles he did over the years. So glad that he didn't turn down "Midnight Cowboy".

@lrmodranoel 4 жыл бұрын

Dustin is so kind to his audience. But mostly to the directors he respects. Me and him know why he turned down those scripts.

@dfg1999 7 жыл бұрын

Inspirational interview! I've always loved his acting and characters. Especially, Ratso in Midnight Cowboy.

@mikeshawbrook-selfreliance Жыл бұрын

I'm walking here !

@DMalltheway 3 жыл бұрын

Midnight Cowboy and Papillon are one of my favorite Hoffman performances.

@lewiscranston881 7 жыл бұрын

Christ why would you turn down Bergman, Fellini, Spielberg and Woody Allen

@rockstarrist5746 7 жыл бұрын

TURNED WOODY ALLEN DOWN FOUR TIMES, TURNED FELLINI DOWN AND BEGMAN! BERGMAN! FELLINI!! OH MY GOD, I AM HAVING A HEART ATTACK! DUSTIN IS MY FAVORITE ACTOR AND THOSE ARE MY THREE FAVORITE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!! I AM GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK NOW!

@Geovrz Жыл бұрын

Same 💔

@tombrunila2695 2 жыл бұрын

Dustin Hoffman is a great actor, and part of being a great actor is to have superb intuition. And he turned down those parts because his subconsciously knew that they were not for him.

@Gryffixchannel 3 жыл бұрын

This video has been up for five years and the title still hasn't been corrected

@marinasmith3763 5 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine him as Oskar Schindler, Liam Neeson was the right choice for this role.

@crpth1 4 жыл бұрын

Dustin being the amazing actor he is. Ben Kingsley role, Liam Neeson role, or even Ralph Fiennes role. I'm pretty sure he would be amazing. AND you guys trust me on this, I do admire ANY of the mentioned. ;-)

@HoldenNY22 Жыл бұрын

I think it was the Ben Kingsleyh role he turned down. Dustin defintely looks too Jewish to play either a German Businessman or a Nazi Commandant head of a Concentration Camp.

@ajarnwordsmith628 Жыл бұрын

No! You haven't caught on. It would have been Stern, Schindler's linchpin in bringing about the success of this humanitarian enterprise against all the odds. In the movie, Stern was played by Sir Ben Kingsley, and it's difficult to imagine any actor, including Dustin Hoffman, turning in a more nuanced, understated performance than Kingsley.

@princejohn6560 17 күн бұрын

He never said which role he turned down.

@boyse69 3 жыл бұрын

He's become a much calmer person now - He bought flowers for my girlfriend after being rude to her in a Hotel where she was working at the time in Harrogate The Old Swan . Time teaches it's lessons I'm sure he's no longer a rude man and I guess he learnt from that event , he must of been in his 30's about 40 years ago he was filming Straw Dogs I think at this time .

@eternalsunshine6392 2 жыл бұрын

what happened? like what did he do that was rude?

@boyse69 2 жыл бұрын

@@eternalsunshine6392 More in Manner ! She was a young Girl /Women at the time. He was just being what we used to call over friendly, but she was working. He kissed her at her desk she may of cried , he was then told by a colleague he'd upset Her . She was very lovely as a young women .Then he returned with flowers as a sorry sometime later . Storm in a Tea Cup-He was just being Him ! Nothing Nasty of course I doubt he'd even remember although she does have an memorable Christian Name , Who knows

@luisamanuel6179 4 жыл бұрын

Greatness was always in him the films not taken were to show him that he didn’t need them to be great because he was it already ❤️

@SenorCinema Жыл бұрын

its been 6 years and today still hasn't fixed the typo

@thiagoteixeira6537 2 жыл бұрын

He turned down so many legendary roles because he didn't think he deserved the success that came from it? Wow, now that's humility!

@arazkojayan2534 7 жыл бұрын

I love him! and his smile...

@user-yz7dr2pt5s 8 жыл бұрын

What an incredible talent!

@mefi9788 5 жыл бұрын

What a gentle person.

@Greggorious123 7 жыл бұрын

He's 78? Jesus he looks amazing.

@samkresil6011 5 жыл бұрын

He`s 80, now.

@ajarnwordsmith628 Жыл бұрын

Jesus had nothing to do with it. Moses might be a more apt comparison.

@eriklf64 Жыл бұрын

He is the GOAT... No one played as many different roles al he did. Graduate, Little big man, Papillon, Marathon Man, Lenny, Tootsie... and the list goes on and on. DH is the GOAT!

@DocMortsnarg 6 жыл бұрын

As of November 30th, 2017 they still haven't fixed the title.

@ManInQuestion98 4 жыл бұрын

Still haven't in 2020

@petluvr2751 6 жыл бұрын

He's an incredible actor. Tootsie & Rainman are my personal favorites😊

@mfbond13 3 жыл бұрын

Multi Media Corporation still has Video misspelled as "Sown" after 8 years lol

@moniquelacosta5170 4 жыл бұрын

He looks Great for 78. I love his energy. He would have been great as the Ben Kingsley character in Schindler's List. The Graduate is one of the best films ever made. He made a Classic that will never be forgotten. He is Vibrant and reborn. I hope I feel that way at 78.

@whisperhug8911 8 жыл бұрын

The movie Tootsie, which he stars in, perfectly talks about what he's trying to say at end there.

@guileniam 7 жыл бұрын

what does turned sown mean?

@BIJOU167 2 жыл бұрын

Never been full of himself, such a lovely man

@johannaschmidt4744 7 жыл бұрын

His view his eyes ....just like in his young years ...so adorable ❤

@Luke101 3 жыл бұрын

5 years and they still haven’t fixed the title

@joecoe4416 8 жыл бұрын

Turned sown?

@balkee42 7 жыл бұрын

Dude looks amazing for 78.

@ShutUpCatProductions 5 жыл бұрын

Humility everyone should learn

@Dreama40 7 жыл бұрын

78 Blimey i had no idea he was that old! Looks great!

@parishoffmann9069 6 жыл бұрын

4:27-4:29 very good of him to say that because its true and many people think that they are different just because they are famous but they have ups and downs too they are like you and me you dont know their private life you dont see their real "faces"

@abominablebumble7180 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1962. In 1967 when the Graduate came out I fell head over heels for Dustin Hoffman. I was only 5 years old at the time.

@victorblock3421 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1962 but can't remember that far back. Farthest back was my birthday 1969

@abominablebumble7180 2 жыл бұрын

@@victorblock3421 I can even remember my first day of kindergarten.

@tylerdunnan5059 3 жыл бұрын

It's been 5 years since this update. Has no one noticed they typed "sown" instead of "down"?

@nymike06 7 жыл бұрын

Sounds good and looks good at 78, at the time of this interview.

@PsyCygnet 6 жыл бұрын

I’d love to know what directors say to those when they turn down rolls.

@FredericKahler 7 жыл бұрын

"I feel fresh now."

@johannaschmidt4744 7 жыл бұрын

So fit for his age

@Firul4is 8 жыл бұрын

he is the best by far.

@ADAMSIXTIES 3 жыл бұрын

A true legend!

@darrylewaggoner2118 7 жыл бұрын

He was a great Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy..'I'M WALKEN HERE;I'M WALKEN HERE" 01 31 17

@samkresil6011 5 жыл бұрын

3:54 But in an airport when someone asked you "did you fart in Rain Man?", you said you were proud of that moment.

@rogerlephoque3704 2 жыл бұрын

Although he didn't say which part he turned down in Schindler's List, I think this was have been that of Stern, the accountant. Ben Kingsley played Stern and turned in an outstanding performance playing opposite Liam Neeson as Schindler. These two fine actors sparked off each other in a way that Hoffman, the fine actor though he is, would not have been able to match. I put this down to British vis-a-vis American intonation in speech, (nasal versus diagphram-propelled speech) a trait that would likely have clashed in a Hoffman-Neeson casting.

@MR-ki8ud 4 жыл бұрын

This man has always elaborated quite thoroughly about his feelings. But he didn’t speak about Schindler’s List. Click bait. 🙄

@julietteyork6293 Жыл бұрын

Can’t anyone fix the typo on the title?

@TheTriplelman 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite actor, I have his autograph on a photo of my favorite Hoffman picture, Little Big Man

@marinakaye8284 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe he felt he had to take the road less travelled and really have a challenge, to fight for success. Got there in spite of himself.

@HoldenNY22 7 жыл бұрын

Anybody know what Role he turned down in "Schlinder's List?" Was it the Schlinder himself or the Ben Kingsley Character? I tend to think it was more the later. Anybody know?

@jackel54130 7 жыл бұрын

IMDb might be have the answer in the trivia section on Dustin's page or Schindler's List page.

@HoldenNY22 7 жыл бұрын

Thank You. I will look into that

@timothyfasano1583 6 жыл бұрын

He was offered Itzhak Stern (the Ben Kingsley character).

@HoldenNY22 Жыл бұрын

@@timothyfasano1583- Dustin would have ben great in taht role.

@sednafloating7027 6 жыл бұрын

which role did he turn down?

@jacobgarrity9055 2 жыл бұрын

Liam Neeson Ralph Finennes Ben Kingsley The best casting choice in cinema history. Dustin Hoffman is more of a drama comedy actor in Kramer vs Kramer, Tootsie and Rain man and the Graduate movie.

@razbigranicu Жыл бұрын

I suppose he was supposed to take Kingsley's part, but I really couldn't take him seriously playing that part.

@tinotrivino 6 жыл бұрын

Correct title... its not turned sown.. its turned down :D hugs!

@tiger38able 5 жыл бұрын

we need a "Tootsie" Two! :)

@stevenceballos6879 8 жыл бұрын

Lol "sown"

@gregorywilson2124 3 жыл бұрын

Hoffmann is a great actor

@lenihaylett4674 3 жыл бұрын

he sounds like an allknowing allmighty being when he talks. lol. 2:02

@saifonlawrence2044 Жыл бұрын

I bet Dustin was creeped out being near Lauer...shows how good an actor he is

@MFPhoto1 3 жыл бұрын

A misleading, and misspelled, title. He mentions Schindler's List once and for no more than a second.

@ahill4642 3 жыл бұрын

MFPhoto1 - Yes, annoying!

@samkresil6011 3 жыл бұрын

0:50 Yeah, because Dustin Hoffman was known as a method actor and would keep method acting until it would eventually slow down on him. Even Joaquin Phoenix and Leonardo DiCaprio are constantly doing the same right now.

@FreakDaMIghet Жыл бұрын

He wasn't that far off with guessing that Shifu was a raccoon. Red pandas are in the same superfamily as raccoons. Basically, they are the raccoon's fancy Asian cousin.

@Cal-md1et 6 жыл бұрын

He could pass for mid 50s

@2taggs2 6 жыл бұрын

AWKWARD. Especially @2:43 - personal wise, both of these guys have regrets...

@bigdaddy4325 5 жыл бұрын

He was great in Stootsie

@astephens1963 3 жыл бұрын

How do you Turn Sown something?

@carlosacta8726 3 ай бұрын

An EPIC actor!!! Your Chi is your essence...

@truthiseverything9511 8 жыл бұрын

Skip ahead to the TINY blurb: 2:45

@itoakko 4 жыл бұрын

He would have been a good Itzhak Stern. But Ben Kingsley was great in it. He was also perfect and I can no longer imagine the film to be played by someone else. I see Dustin Hoffman is iconic though.

@aliceborealis Жыл бұрын

Matt Lauer, LOL!

@ezragonzalez8936 6 жыл бұрын

They both have something in common. .hmm

@samkresil6011 5 жыл бұрын

0:51 Of course it is, because he`d rather fill in for any role he wants rather than play the same character in a single franchise. And every actor has done it, now. Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marlon Brando, Edward Norton, Joaquin Phoenix and so on.