The 75-year-old, who shot to fame after starring in 'The Graduate' in 1967, doesn't think he was meant to have a successful career, reported Daily Star.
"I really believed I was a freak accident when I became famous after 'The Graduate'. It wasn't meant to be. I don't dislike myself, I've learned that I don't have any choice but to live with myself.
"I couldn't fix my concentration in school. I think that was implanted in me because now there is nothing more that I love than reading and writing. In those days I was called a 'real kind of comedian', which in those days means, 'You're a real loser'," he said.
Hoffman credits0 therapy for saving his life.