Trivia: The entire party scene was improvised by Bill Murray.
Trivia: The filming for Toosie went almost 3 weeks beyond the schedule because Dustin Hoffman could only film his scenes as Dorothy for about three hours at a time, after which his beard began to show and it took too long to reapply his makeup.
Trivia: "Tootsie" was Dustin Hoffman's childhood nickname; it was he who suggested that as the movie's title.
Trivia: In the first scene where Michael wakes up to dress up as Dorothy, there is a photo by the alarm clock. The woman in this photo is Dustin Hoffman's mother.
Answer: What she said was a fantasy - big difference between saying that in conversation and actually having it said to her.
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