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TIL that Dustin Hoffman’s aunt warned him “You can’t be an actor. You are not good-looking enough.” When discussing ‘The Graduate’ (1967), his first starring role, 'Life’ magazine joked that “if Dustin Hoffman’s face were his fortune, he’d be committed to a life of poverty”.

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