Dustin Hoffman had a 'terrible experience' making Hollywood classic 'The Graduate'

Dustin Hoffman is opening up about the "terrible experience" he had while filming "The Graduate," a film he said "exacerbated all my insecurities from the start."In a recent essay written for The New Yorker, the 89-year-old actor reflected on his experience making the film, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA Award win, noting he "felt immediately uncomfortable" and "unworthy" on set."Here I was, playing a starring role in a movie by Mike Nichols, who was the director of the moment, but I felt like I had no right to be there," he wrote."It was a terrible experience making the movie that changed my life."He went on to explain that a lot of his time on set was spent wondering if director, Nichols, "was angry at me," because he was either "doing something wrong" or had finally noticed what Hoffman and "everybody else already knew, that he had miscast the lead in his film."Hoffman called working on "The Graduate" a "terrible experience." (Getty Images)JOHN GOODMAN ADMITS HE FELT 'FRIGHTENED' AFTER THE SUDDEN FAME HE EXPERIENCED FROM 'ROSEANNE'The "Rain Man" star felt he was wrong for the part from the start, admitting he "didn't even want to try out for the part," saying he thought "it was obvious" to him after reading the novel the film is based on "that I was all wrong for Benjamin.""A track star and straight-A student, the head of the debate team—this was an affluent, all-American kid, whose surname was ‘Braddock,’" he said.

"Why would you cast a person who looks as ethnic as I do to play the ultimate Wasp? It made absolutely no sense." Hoffman recalled feeling like he was wrong for the part from the beginning.(Screen Archives/Getty Images)Part of what made the experience so bad for Hoffman was his relationship with the director, who he said was "irritable with everyone," and was "frequently sour" on set.GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HEREThe director's attitude often led to Hoffman feel "that I ...