Dustin Hoffman regrets turning down Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg as a young actor

Dustin Hoffman still has huge regrets about his early career after turning down the chance to work with revered directors Woody Allen, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, and Steven Spielberg.

The Graduate star admits he was a fool when he was younger and often passed on good projects because he didn’t think he deserved the success the films would likely bring.

In addition to turning down work with Allen, Fellini, and Bergman, Hoffman also rejected leading roles in Spielberg’s 1977 alien film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and the director’s Oscar-winning 1993 drama Schindler’s List, a part picked up by Liam Neeson. 3News Las Vegas