Bancroft Quotes

He was a neighbor of Mel Brooks in New York and was set to play the role of Franz Liebkind in Brooks` first film, The Producers (1968). Just before production was to commence, Hoffman was offered the role of Ben Braddock in The Graduate (1967), co-starring Brooks` wife Anne Bancroft, and asked to be let out of his contract. The role of Liebkind eventually went to Kenneth Mars.

(on Anne Bancroft) I`m married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.

I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn`t get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We`re not going to fall into that.

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.

My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.