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
Dustin Hoffman filmography the political thriller "All the President's Men" (1976) as journalist Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal alongside Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford). After starring in the suspense-thriller "Marathon Man" (1976) and the crime drama "Straight Time" (1978), Hoffman starred in the 1979 drama "Kramer vs. Kramer", which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the first time for his performance as Ted Kramer. After a three-year acting hiatus, he starred in the comedy "Tootsie" in 1982 as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage