Dustin Hoffman is still undergoing therapy to exorcise the feelings of failure he was plagued with when he decided to become an actor.

"I became an actor because I believed I was a failure. In acting, because so few of us ever get work, I could feel proud and fail with dignity," Internet portal Femalefirst quoted the "Rain Man" star as saying.

Hoffman, who is surprised that he managed to become one of Hollywood's greatest living legends said: "I was born into what I now know was a dysfunctional family. I found that out in therapy three weeks ago."