Inside Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman and Francois Girard at the Quick Center at Fairfield University. —Kate Eisemann photo

One of America’s most successful actors, admits he often feels like a failure.

“Life is a failure, but we keep on trying,” Dustin Hoffman recently told a packed audience at the Quick Center at Fairfield University. The audience was abuzz with university students, faculty members, and Fairfield residents who won free tickets through a lottery drawing to the event, “An Award-Winning Conversation with Dustin Hoffman and Francois Girard.”