\u201c\u2018Why the f***, why did I do that? Why didn\u2019t I just sign it?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Hoffman, whose new crime movie Tuner is out this month, also reflected on the way his outlook on life had changed over the years, particularly after writing his memoir.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s interesting because I didn\u2019t expect it to be as painful as it is, because you\u2019re writing about something that\u2019s past, and that means it\u2019s not gonna happen again, and that\u2019s the hard part, I guess.<\/p>\n
Hoffman says knowing that he has disappointed fans can ruin his day. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThat part of my life is over, and all I have now is this limited amount of time … When you\u2019re younger, you don\u2019t think of life as being limited.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unlimited, it\u2019s just gonna go on. But if you\u2019re smart, you realise that every day is a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Hoffman is happy to sign autographs, not every celebrity has the same approach.<\/p>\n
Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has adopted a stance against autographs or photos over the years.<\/p>\n
He told Reader\u2019s Digest, \u201cIt always struck me as a bit strange \u2013 \u2018Here, can I write your name down on the back of this till receipt please?\u2019 Why? We both know who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s turned down photos too, insisting that pictures can\u2019t replace a positive exchange.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat you\u2019ve usually got is a ropey photo with a poor backdrop and me looking a bit miserable. Let\u2019s chat, let\u2019s exchange stories.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201c\u2018Why the f***, why did I do that? Why didn\u2019t I just sign it?\u2019\u201d Hoffman, whose new crime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36671,224300,224301,224298,156,37119,692,224299,111,139,7805,69,50314,9478,12860,312,48613,61,23838,4276,40244],"class_list":["post-438807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-always","tag-autograph","tag-autographs","tag-dustin","tag-entertainment","tag-explains","tag-he","tag-hoffman","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-no","tag-nz","tag-rarely","tag-requests","tag-revealed","tag-says","tag-signing","tag-to","tag-tries","tag-why","tag-yes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}