Dustin Hoffman describes why he loves the film: Next came director Barry Levinson's "Rain Man" (1988), where Hoffman starred as an autistic savant, opposite Tom Cruise. Levinson, Hoffman and Cruise worked for two years on the film, and Hoffman's performance gained him his second Academy Award. Behind Hoffman's motivation for doing the film, he has said, "Deep inside, "Rain Man" is about how autistic we all are." In preparation for the part, Hoffman spent two years befriending autistic people, which included taking them bowling and to fast food restaurants. "It fed my obsession," he has stated. Hoffman worked at the New York
Cliff Gorman "Lenny". Although the film version, directed by Bob Fosse, featured Dustin Hoffman, Gorman was recruited to portray a Dustin Hoffman-like character portraying Lenny Bruce, in a side-story in Fosse's autobiographical film "All That Jazz" (1979). He played Joseph Goebbels in the 1981 TV movie "The Bunker", and co-starred as Lt. Andrews in the film "Angel" (1984). He had roles in movies like "Cops and Robbers" (1973), "Rosebud" (1975), "" (1976), "An Unmarried Woman" (1978) with Jill Clayburgh, "Night of the Juggler" (1980), "Hoffa" (1992) with Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, and "Night and the City" (1992). His TV work included