The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, All the President’s Men, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer and Rain Man, among many others. The book is also a profound contemplation of mortality by someone entering his nineties and looking back on a remarkable life. Fans will finish this book feeling that they truly know Hoffman: the way his mind works; how he prepares for a part; his experience growing up in Los Angeles as a lower middle-class Jewish kid in the 1940s, then arriving in New York City full of passion in the late 50s, only to find himself crowned the ‘voice of his generation’ by the end of the 60s. In the decades since, Hoffman has shown his brilliance and breadth in some of the most iconic movies of the Twentieth Century. In his first and only memoir, Hoffman will share his insights on acting, family, sex, celebrity, success, aging and what it means to live a creative life. The book has been written with New Yorker writer Ariel Levy, a contributing editor at New York magazine.