Hollywood gold ‘tarnished’

The two-time Oscar-winning star of Tootsie, Rain Man and The Graduate complained that studios no longer talked about “good work”.

He told TV Times: “When you’re in the golden age, you don’t realise it. They didn’t tell me that when I was making films in the 1960s and even the 1970s.”

Hoffman, 74, said that “everything changed” with the success of Steven Spielberg movie Jaws in 1975, with films being ranked according to which had grossed the most.

“Before that, to use a baseball metaphor, studios were happy getting singles and they didn’t have to hit a home run every time. Today, you’ve got to do that because the budget and prints and advertising are so big.”