Dustin Hoffman

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probably difficult to act because of the events that took
place in the film. His character's personality and surroundings changed so
much. One minute Hoffman's character is a white Indian and the next he's a
gunfighter.
I thought that the role that Hoffman played in “Kramer Vs. Kramer”
was fairly simple, however it showed how he could play diverse roles in
different movies. In this film he played a father who's wife left him and
his son but then returns and attempts to obtain custody of their eight-
year-old son. Hoffman shows how he can act his emotions in this movie. I
was convinced that he probably is a father.
Tootsie is an extreme example of Hoffman's acting flexibility. In
this film he plays an actor struggling for work and has to dress as a woman
in order to get a role in a soap opera. Hoffman can even play a good woman.
His expressions were good and I felt his emotional dilemmas when his
character fell in love with a co-worker but could not be with her because
she ...

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