Dustin Hoffman

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

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What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (17) everyone in acting

• actor, Rain Man (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Color of Money with Chris Ryan)
• actor, The Graduate (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Color of Money with Chris Ryan)
• actor, Midnight Cowboy (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raging Bull with David Krumholtz)
• actor, The Graduate (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raging Bull with David Krumholtz)
• Oscar winner, good with the kid, Kramer vs. Kramer (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis)
• actor, Lenny (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Star 80 with Julie Klausner)
• actor (Oscar nominee), Wag the Dog (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
• actor, Hook (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
• actor (won Best Actor), Rain Man (The Rewatchables, ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson)
• actor, The Graduate (The Rewatchables, ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson)
• notoriously difficult actor, Tootsie (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
• lead, Straight Time (The Rewatchables, ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
• actor, Billy Bathgate (The Big Picture, The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’)
• actor, Rain Man (The Big Picture, The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame)
• actor (Captain Hook), Hook (The Big Picture, Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57))
• star, Tootsie (Blank Check — Patreon, Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))
• actor, Runaway Jury (Blank Check — Patreon, In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free))

Other (3) everyone in other

• wanted to make, La Brava (unmade adaptation) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Color of Money with Chris Ryan)
• turned down the role, The Edge (The Rewatchables, ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan)
• subject, Megalopolis documentary (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’)

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

1. industry (good-with-kids oscar): Dustin Hoffman → Kramer vs. Kramer. Hoffman's Oscar partly rests on being believably good with a child; Travolta gets the same benefit.

   “I genuinely think it is a huge part of Dustin Hoffman fucking winning the Kramer versus Kramer, Oscar.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 1:57:50 · Hillary Busis (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

1. people (people): Gene Hackman → Dustin Hoffman. Hackman's brief contemporaneous interview is compared to Hoffman in the Megalopolis documentary: smiling and turning it on.

   “Shades of Dustin Hoffman in the Megalopolis documentary.”

   The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:12:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
2. people (people): Gene Hackman → Dustin Hoffman. Runaway Jury pairs Hackman and Hoffman, who had never been in a movie together.

   “Hackman and fucking Hoffman together.”

   Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:48:49 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

1. what-if (casting what-if): Dustin Hoffman → Anthony Hopkins. Hoffman turned down the role Hopkins took.

   “So Dustin Hoffman turns down the roll.”

   The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:11:40 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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