Simply Dustin Hoffman

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to the American actor Dustin Hoffman

Trivia  Somes fun facts you may not know about Dustin

 

  •  Where ever he goes, he gets a snowglobe and gives it to his daughter Jenna, who then gives it to her kids.
  •  Helped saved someones life; He and his wife were outside one day when they saw someone having an allergic reaction to a bee sting. They ran to her and his wife took with her an emergency injection kit (Epi-Pen). They injected it into her and she (Lydia Graham) sites them for saving her life.
  • Though he never used it, he admits to having a knife tide to his leg when in high school (as he hung around with the wrong crowd).
  • Comedic actor Jonah Hill sites Dustin as the one who "discovered him."
  • Has vowed to live until he is 100, until his youngest child has reached their 50th birthday.
  • Has hurt his hands/fingers a total of FIVE times. Once during filming of Moonlight Mile, once during a running of Jimmy Shine, once during filming of Finding Neverland, and once unknown where the tendon attached to the bone broke off. Another instance was when he burnt his hands in a kitchen accident.
  • Was Best Man at Tom Cruise's Wedding with Nicole Kidman.
  • His daughter gave him a tortoise, which he named Seventy.
  •  Has two labradors named Lewis and Murphy.
  • Paris Hilton used to hang out with his kids while they vacationed in Maui during Christmas.
  • Muhammad Ali recognised him the first time they met but didn't know his name. Instead he kept calling him, "Midnight Cowboy, Midnight Cowboy," the whole time.
  • Had a pet terrior named O.J. in the 1970's.
  • His brother, Ronald, had a walk-on role in the classic 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
  • During a Lakers Game, Dustin was sitting in between his wife and his past co-star Jason Bateman. During a game called "Kiss Cam" (Where you're suppose to kiss someone if you're on camera) the camera targeted on Dustin. As fans waited for him to kiss his wife, he turned the other cheek and kissed Bateman.
  • In Rain Main, the boy at the pancake counter is Dustin's son Jake.
  • Some of his favorite classic films include On the Waterfront, Shoeshine, Pickpocket, The Rules of the Game, and The loneliness of the Long Distant Runner.
  • In a interview, Al Pacino states that he was asked by Alexander Cohen if he wanted to have a boxing match with Dustin in The Madison Square Garden.
  • Back when he was studying acting, his favorite comedian was Jonathan Winters.
  • Dustin once asked Gene Hackman while they were still unknown actors living in New York to help him impress his girlfriend. He told Gene Hackman to hassel her until Dustin came to save the day, which would then end to him even physically fighting Hackman. When they did this, the fight seemed so intense and real, Dustin's girlfriend started to cry and then called the cops.
  • Says if he hadn't found acting, he would've ended up a homeless man, quite like Rico Ratso, on the streets or a convict like Max Dembo.
  • Sued a Los Angeles magazine for invasion of privacy when they altered an image of him to look like he was in a evening gown, wearing high heels.
  • He used to set up fake Candid Camera situations during work.
  • Whenever they drove by Dustin's house, Tom Cruise and Sean Penn used to dare each other to ring the doorbell. Neither ever did.
  • Against popular belief, he claims to not be a political person.
  • Is a big fan of the New York Knicks.
  • During a production of the play Jimmy Shine, Dustin cut his right index finger with a palette knife and had to be taken to the hosptial to get stitches
  • As a wedding present, Dustin and his wife gave Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman matching bowling balls
  • Owned a guinea pig named Mr. James
  • Claims that the taxi cab scene in Midnight Cowboy was not scripted, while the producer John Hellman in the commentary says otherwise.
  • His favorite word is "Zugga."
  • In order to help ease the tension during Jane Alexander's nude scene in Kramer vs. Kramer, Dustin put on a orange jock with feathers on it and danced around the room randomly while the cameras were still rolling.
  • His least favorite word is "Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda."
  • Seeing someone laugh out of control turns him on.
  • At times, he used to put on a fake French accent while he still waited tables in order to see if he could fool people.
  • Has a house in the Kensington area of London.
  • Often referenced in Dean Knottz novels.
  • Tried to sell Gene Hackman's son Christoper at Macy's, pretending it was a doll, and it almost worked.
  • In Elementary school, he used to take his dog into his classroom just to see his teachers and peers reaction.
  • Says he favorite game in bed is "Doctor."
  • In Rain Man, Dustin was orginally suppose to play Charlie.
  • During a book report in school, he started crying because the book he did a report on was so moving to him. He ran out of school and didn't come back the rest of the day.
  • Says people used to call him Dustbone.
  • During a trip in London, no one recongized him for three days. He started to hum the theme song to Mrs. Robinson without noticing.
  • Was cast as the lead in the play The Subject was Roses but had to drop out in the last minutes due to burns he'd sustained by a cooking accident.
  • His favorite sound is the sound of laughter or joy
  • Claims he loves the library because it was the first place he had gotten laid.
  • Seeing someone tug or yanking a child harshly turns him off
  • A fan had asked his wife what he was most like in bed; Rain Man, Marathon Man, or Little Big Man. His wife replied Marathon Man, and Dusitn said he was hoping she'd say Little Big Man.
  • Confessed he has tried cocain, but stopped because he was allergic to it.
  • Says the first movie to ever effect him emotionally was Bambi.
  • He hates anything that resembles the word "Shut Up."
  • Says the "farting in the phone booth" bit in Rain Man was improvised when Hoffman actually passed gas while the scene was being filmed. Hoffman said it was his favorite scene ever.
  • "Smoot, bald, needle, prick, bug f*cker," is his favorite curse word.
  •  Obtained his first sexual experiance because the woman he was making love to had mistaken him for his brother. 
  • During the making of the tube scene in Little Big Man someone dared him to take his jock off and not tell the actress Faye Dunaway. So when she was bathing him she was reportedly "touching the goods." Dustin says the scene is in the movie.
  • Says he has a pair of lucky socks.
  • After the success of The Graduate, women used to put gifts in front of his loft.
  • Muhammad Ali went to Dustin's house to watch a documentary based around the story Little Big Man
  • Never met Marlon Brando in person, but talked to him on the phone until the battery in his phone went out. 
  • His favorite midnight snack  (G rated) is pineapple chuncks, ginger ale, and a little piece of chocolate.
  • Reports that Adam Sandler is the only actor he's ever called up to meet.
  • Dustin's parents say that he didn't talk until he was three.
  • Has been to therapy and is reported as saying it was the best movie he's ever made.
  • Says if he could do any other profession besides acting, it would be music.
  • Says his most embarressing moment was when he went to the drugstore to get his mother some Kotex, what they called back then prophylactics. He went to a man to ask because he didn't want to ask a woman, but as soon as he approached the counter a woman came up and he asked for two boxes of Band-aids.
  • Lost his virginity at the age of fifthteen.
  • Says the profession he would not like to particapate in is hunting.
  • Says the most usual things people say to him when they see him in the streets is "Plastics," and "Al Pacino!"
  • Says he refers to the company of women rather than men.
  • His favorite cheese is his wife's home cook Mac & Cheese with four different cheeses.
  • During his early years in New York, after the automobile, his favorite means of transportation was a motorcycle
  • Graduated in 1955.
  • Rode his first scooter when he was two and a half.
  • Frequently used to pretend to be a woman during the making of the movie "Tootsie" in order to see if he could fool people.
  • Muhammad Ali went to Dustin's house once, only for Dustin to find him gone two hours later. He went downstairs and saw Muhammad teaching his three year old daughter how to do push ups.