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 Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay. In 2012, Hoffman's audiobook recording of Jerzy Kosinski's "Being There" was released at Audible.com. His performance was nominated for a 2013 Audie Award for Best Solo Narration. In late 2017, seven women accused Hoffman of sexual misconduct or assault, including Wendy Riss Gatsiounis, Cori Thomas, Melissa Kester, Kathryn Rossetter and an anonymous woman. A woman who was 17 at the time said Hoffman sexually harassed her and forced her to give him foot massages in New York (the age of consent is 17). Hoffman's daughter's friend who also was a minor at the time (16),