on April 11 2017 10:13:21
Backstory is that a photographer followed him around for a day, after he had his breakout role in the graduate, and was surprised to see that Hoffman had to collect unemployment checks.
Or as NYTimes reported at the time
But the days of poor-mouthing are probably gone forever. Dustin is getting $250,000 for ''Midnight Cowboy,'' compared with ''The Graduate's'' $20,000, of which living expenses and taxes devoured all but $4,000. That $4,000 soon ran out, and last December Dustin was discovered standing in line for a $55-a-week unemployment check.
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