“Tom [Courtenay] and Albert Finney met Ron Harwood on the dresser, so that's how it started. It's a wonderful documentary. It's called Tosca's Kiss and Mr Hardwood told me about it when I asked him what the genesis was. It was made in 1983 and Verdi, who was rich and successful, toward the end of his life decided to build a mansion for himself in Milan, where he lived, and he stipulated that when he died opera singers and musicians - because he knew so many who were no longer playing at the Scala and some were poor - could live there.” MadeEndsPoorSuccessfulRichWonderfulMetsKissingMusicianDecidedDiedSingersOperaTomsDocumentariesGenesisMansionsMilanOpera SingersDressersVerdiHardwood Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.” YearsLongSometimesAnswersLong TimeDecidedTruthfulLong Time Ago Author:Dustin Hoffman
“You're always in a tunnel that you can't see the end of. But there's something that took place on this movie that I don't think we expected and that was that once we decided that the entire cast would be real retired opera singers and retired musicians... and these people the phone hadn't rung for them for 20 or 40 years even though they can deliver.” PeopleThinkingYearsRealEndsWould BeMusicianDecidedCastsPhonesExpectedSingersOperaBeing RealRetiredTunnelsOpera Singers Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.” SchoolActorsFailingNeededDecidedCredit Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I wanted to find my limitations so I decided to do Shylock. And if I fail? I've never been afraid of that. I have other fears - doing bad work knowingly is the worst fear.” IfsWantedActingFailingWorstDecidedLimitationWorst FearShylock Author:Dustin Hoffman
