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So much of the time it seems that...

it seems that my task in a movie

is to do something differently, you know,

to walk through a door in some sort of interesting fashion.

The passion for art can take an actor to places

they never thought possible.

And I'm trapped in this body and I'm stuck with this face.

And so I guess that

can kinda be childish at some times, but...

The world has seen the rise of many talented artists,

many of whom taking the world by storm,

donning a plethora of roles.

There is one gentle soul that most will know,

one whose acting range has exceeded global expectations

time and time again.

From award-winning performances to personal achievements-

the man that wanders all around the world.

He goes by many names, "America's Father,"

"Hollywood's Nice Guy,"

"The Everyman."

But we all know him as Tom Hanks.

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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks,

born 9th of July in Concord, California.

His mother, Janet Marylyn Frager

was from a Portuguese family whilst his father,

Amos Mefford Hanks, had English heritage.

The climate of his upbringing was not gentle.

Though Tom's parents were never cruel,

his father, Amos,

displayed a hardened demeanor throughout his years.

As a child,

Amos had witnessed the murder of his own father,

Ernest Buel Hanks, on his family farm.

Such a horrific incident would take a toll on his life,

clouding his judgment of the world, and, unfortunately,

resulted in a reserved, cold outlook:

one without optimism or appreciation of the arts,

and, subsequently,

a lack of attention to his offspring.

In 1960, Tom's parents divorced.

His eldest siblings,

Sandra and Larry joined him with his father.

Whilst his youngest brother, Jim,

remained with his mother in California.

Tom was an exceptionally withdrawn and shy child

moving from home to home due to his father's working life.

By the age of 10,

Tom and his siblings had lived in 10 different households.

My... my family situation

and what my dad did for a living, yeah,

we moved around quite a bit.

Well with that... I mean I...

I noticed a lot of actors, for instance,

a lot of them came from military families where they had to do the same thing.

I mean you would think...

that that wouldn't give you stability, but in a way it does

In an odd sort of way, it does give you a center doesn't it?

Well, I think that what it gave me, well, you know,

my brothers and sisters would have something else to say

but it gave me a small bag of needs.

I think I could land in a brand new circumstance

social circumstances, brand new school, brand new house, brand new place,

brand new city, brand new group of people around me-

and be pretty confident that... that I was all right.

You know, and that is, you know,

excellent training for an actor.

There was an air of loneliness

as Tom would feel little emotional support from his parents.

In 1965, Amos would marry Tom's stepmother.

Frances Wong, a native of San Francisco with Chinese descent.

Tom attended Brete Harte Middle School.

He was known to be quite unpopular,

quoting himself as a geek

and terribly, painfully shy at the time.

Though living an uncomfortable life,

Tom ensured to remain a responsible student,

rarely getting into trouble

and keeping himself closed off.

Did it take you a long time to get confidence in yourself?

No, I think that I...

for some reason I had it at a pretty early age.

I remember being able to go into a school

and not be really intimidated by anything that went on there

until some guy slugged me in the head.

Then... then I'd be intimidated by something.

I remember reading something about you once

that you were like... a class...

you went through a phase where you were a class cut-up

Oh, I think all my life

I've been some form of the class cut-up, yeah.

Yeah, I was that in high school.

But I never... I never pushed authority.

I never got in trouble.

I'd always played within the rules.

And if I needed to get outside of the rules,

I would only do it with the teachers who would let me.

So I was never a... I was never a delinquent.

His mother adopted Catholicism,

though for a period of time,

Tom would find his own religious view

with an interest in pursuing philosophical thought.

He deeply immersed himself in evangelical Christianity.

Didn't you go through

a super serious kind of stage, too?

A religious stage? Or... - Uh, it was...

it was a degree of seriousness that went along to it,

but it was so directly associated to the group of people,

you know, and we had fun at that, so... Yeah.

I mean, it was something nice to hang onto.

It was a lot better than, you know,

smoking dope and listening to Led Zeppelin records,

which is what other people did.

I just didn't do that.

After middle school,

he attended Skyline High School in Oakland, California,

making very little money

by selling popcorn and peanuts outside the coliseum.

Tom graduated from high school in 1974,

leaving with relatively low SAT scores.

Without the finances to attend college,

he decided to enroll in Chabot, a community college

which presented Tom with a multitude of courses.

It was fate that led Tom to taking up theater,

and soon his talents began to flourish.

Tom immersed himself in theater for two years.

During this time, he met Vincent Dowling,

head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.

It was thanks to Vincent

that Tom attended an internship at the festival

before being given the offer to remain for three years

as a production assistant, tending to lighting,

set design, and costumes.

Though Tom had transferred

to California State University in Sacramento,

this opportunity gave him a reason to drop out of college,

as his desires to be immersed into the world of theater

overcame his care for education.

This isn't to say he left everything behind.

At Sacramento,

Tom formed a friendship with Samantha Lewes,

who he met during acting classes.

Tom, 21 at the time, found that 25-year-old Samantha

helped battle his loneliness.

Being an aspiring actress herself,

the two formed a romantic relationship.

And not long after, Samantha became pregnant.

In 1977, Tom's first son, Colin Hanks, was born.

Though Tom loved working on set,

he began to realize his true calling

was performing on stage as one of the actors.

Tom would win his first award,

the Cleveland Critics Circle "Best Actor" in 1978.

Such an award was presented for Tom's role as Proteus

in Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona..."

one of the very few times Tom would play a villain.

In 1978, the young couple, Tom and Samantha,

were married.

Hanks moved to New York City

to debut in his very first low-budget slasher film,

"He Knows You're Alone."

He would go on to work on more projects

starring in "Mazes and Monsters,"

a television movie inspired by the role-playing game,

"Dungeons and Dragons."

Well, when I was in school,

I ended up going to the theater

around the San Francisco Bay area alone,

because I couldn't get anybody to go with me.

Uh... and seeing the, you know,

great plays and, you know, great theaters,

I had wanted to... to work in that arena.

I wanted to...

I liked the energy that was focused in a theater on stage,

but I had originally started as a... a stage manager,

or a stage carpenter, lighting designer,

things like that.

And through osmosis of and...

and exploration in... in college and whatnot,

realized that if you're going to be in the theater,

the... the most energy, the focal point of it all,

is really on stage as an actor

underneath those lights in,

in front of that stage manager.

So, eventually I just kind of, through osmosis,

drifted off into that.

In the same year,

Tom and Samantha's daughter, Elizabeth Hanks,

was born.

Remaining faithful to his theatrical roots,

Tom would return to the stage in Nicolo Machiavelli's,

"The Mandrake"

with the Riverside Shakespeare Company.

Soon after in 1981,

Hanks would land one of his first lead roles

in "Bosom Buddies,"

a television series running for two short seasons,

featuring Tom and Peter Scolari as advertising men

donning women's clothing

in order to remain residents in an all-woman's hotel.

Though the show was short-lived,

the co-producers noticed Tom's natural onscreen ability.

A quote from Ian Praiser on Rolling Stone stated,

"too bad he won't be on television for long...

he'll be a movie star in two years."

And so when the...

when the opportunity came up to do TV,

I wasn't about to pass it up 'cause this was...

bold, new territory in order to, you know,

to strike out and try

and see if you could learn anything and be good at it.

On the set of "Bosom Buddies,"

Tom would meet Rita Wilson.

The two hit it off and became close friends in a heartbeat.

As the early eighties swept in,

Tom met writers, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mendel,

from a guest appearance on "Happy Days."

The two were developing a script

for the feature film "Splash,"

a romantic comedy depicting

a mermaid falling in love with a human.

Director Ron Howard was informed by the writers

of Hank's suitability for the bizarre premise.

Though Howard initially considered Hanks

for the role of Freddie, Allen's brother,

Hanks landed the role of lead protagonist.

The film would go on to being a sudden box office success

catapulting Hanks into new roles

such as "Bachelor Party,"

signifying the start of Tom's close relationship

with director Ron Howard.

Unfortunately, in 1984,

Tom and Samantha would start to live separate lives

due to misunderstandings

and rising complications between the couple.

Soon the two would drift apart and plan to file for divorce.

Following Tom's three guest appearances on "Family Ties"

in 1986, he was presented with the opportunity

to step out of the realm of comedy

and dip his toes into more dramatic roles.

He would play David Basner,

a successful advertising executive

who deals with the repercussions of his parents' divorce

after 36 years.

"Nothing in Common" allowed Tom

to find common ground with his father, in a way.

Though his father was not outspoken of his past,

the film served as a way of

reconnecting and understanding each other

through the means of art and performance.

It was in this same year

Tom would go public with his relationship with Rita Wilson.

Though dealing with emotional hardships,

it was in 1987 that Tom's credibility as an actor rose.

He signed a deal with Walt Disney Studios,

where he remained in a pool of talent

for potential selection.

Sadly, Tom and Samantha would divorce,

going their separate ways.

Tom would admit the relationship

was primarily caused from his own loneliness

and irresponsibility at a young age.

Just a few days after the divorce,

Samantha would slowly fall ill.

For Josh Baskin, life was a little unfair.

I told you to take out the garbage!

You're gonna miss the bus!

I'm not gonna tell you again, Josh!

Joshua Baskin!

Josh!

Until he made a little wish.

Tom Hanks' appearance in "Big"

solidified him as a major Hollywood star.

A fantasy comedy about a pre-adolescent boy

whose wish to become an adult becomes reality.

No stranger to absurdism,

Tom embraced the man-child persona

and was nominated for the Academy Award

following his incredible performance.

You... you had to start off with a character,

and in acting blah-blah terms, you know,

Finding a center for the way your character moves.

And it... it all...

it all, you know, comes out like that.

In... in... in the case of "Big,"

what I remember about being, you know,

12 and 13 years old,

is being all elbows and knees, you know?

It's like your body is growing too fast for... for...

for your muscles or something like that.

And so you're kind of...

you're kind of out of control

and there's a... there's a lack of discipline.

But there's also a lack... I honestly don't know

how I move as a regular human being

because it... it changes depending on what you're wearing,

and this is another aspect of... of...

you know, acting technique, blah-blah,

finding a character, is because once you discover

the clothes that the guy's gonna wear,

that makes a very, very big difference.

In the same year, both Tom and Sally Fields

co-starred as struggling comedians in "Punchline."

Just a year after his divorce with Samantha,

Tom would marry Rita Wilson at the St. Sophia Cathedral

in London.

After the ceremony, Tom would convert to Greek Orthodox

in respect of Rita's ancestry and open-mindedness to faith.

On the 4th of August, 1990,

Tom's second son, Chet Hanks, was born

five years before his third son, Truman Hanks,

on the 26th of December.

Tom would discover the myth of being a so-called "perfect parent"

opting to try the best he could at raising his children

despite his massive public image.

On many occasions,

his sons and wife are seen with him at Red Carpet Awards

as they celebrate as a family.

Tom's career took a slight decline during the late eighties,

starring in a few underperforming films

which received lukewarm receptions,

especially in "Bonfire of the Vanities"

where it was apparent

Tom was seemingly miscast for the role.

With his rising image as Hollywood's "Mr. Nice Guy,"

playing sadistic characters

pulled many out of the film.

Tom then starred in "A League of Their Own" in 1992.

Such early performances were considered by Tom

as "pretentious and over-the-top."

The... the odds, I always, felt were... were 50/50.

I always felt that I was as good as 50% who were there.

So, you know, if they...

if I'm what they're looking for, I have a 50/50 shot.

I always felt that I was better than the other 50%

just because...

because I'm a selfish actor with a swelled head.

But I think you have to...

and you have to have that as you're sitting there.

And it's not a false ego-bolstering, confidence-building kind of move

I always just viewed that as... as the facts.

That on a good day in which I'm prepared, that I can...

I can deliver the goods.

It wasn't until 1993

where Hanks had reached

what he considered his modern era of filmmaking.

He decided to adopt a new perspective

on acting outside of his theatrical range.

He starred in Nora Ephron's, "Sleepless in Seattle,"

a massive blockbuster success

and one which granted Tom incredible reviews.

Tom Hanks' next film would act as a tonal change,

both in his acting ability and career recognition.

So are you big...

tell me, are you big Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan fans?

Yeah - Definitely!

We love 'em both. - You bet. Yeah!

They're both great!

And together, it's gonna be really great.

But I am intrigued as an actor

by the situation that that creates,

to be the average guy in an extraordinary situation is...

I mean, that's where you explore emotion and ideas

and themes.

Tom adopted method acting

losing 35 pounds of weight and bleaching his hair

to play as Andrew Beckett,

a homosexual lawyer suffering with AIDS in Philadelphia.

I was heavy to begin with

because of a bunch of residual weight from another movie.

And in order to take off everything that I could,

I went on a very structured physical regimen,

a diet and exercise that was every day,

seven days a week, for... I don't know... 16 years.

It seemed like 16 years;

it was four or five months.

His memorable performance

shed light on the stigma of homosexuality

during the time of release,

combating the taboos of gay relations,

and triggered the conversation of gay rights

among the nineties mainstream viewers.

If this was 1962,

and Rock Hudson had to pretend to be married to his,

you know, his... his publicist's secretary and...

and Louella Parsons was still stabbing people in the back

with her newspaper column, maybe it would be a...

a tough role to take on, but believe me,

in the United States and in the UK,

there is stuff on free TV day-in and day-out

that make me playing a homosexual small potatoes

in comparison.

Philadelphia would act as

Tom's grand entrance into the limelight

as his portrayal won him

the 66th Academy Award for best actor.

If things couldn't get better than winning one Oscar,

Tom would play the titular character

in one of Hollywood's most memorable productions.

In 1994, "Forrest Gump" was released,

grossing over 600 million pounds at the box office

and presented audiences

with quotes that remain in use until this day.

My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates-

you never know what you're gonna get.

Delightful.

This is wonderful.

I was talking to Steve Tisch,

and I understand that it...

it took him like nine years to develop this project.

How was it for you working on this project

because you have so many different characters

that you're playing all in one?

Well, I was... I was lucky that I came on

right at the same time Eric Roth did,

so we actually talked about it

philosophically and particularly for quite some time

before, um... uh...

uh, probably a year before the... the script was written.

So when it came in and it was what it was,

it was undeniably a thing that was worth shooting.

Bob was involved and there we were instantaneously!

How did it... how did it feel after you saw it

when it was edited with all those famous figures,

like over your shoulder

and in the scenes because of morphing and stuff?

Well, that's all... that's all a pretty goofy sensation.

But you see it and you realize it's...

the odds are against you making a good movie,

so anytime that you think you've done that,

you know, you break the Bank of Monte Carlo.

Yeah, well the odds are not against you, Tom Hanks

of making a good movie or your wife, Rita Wilson!

You know, he's got Oscars on the on the...

on the wall to prove it.

I got one! Yeah, it's nice to have it too.

And a bunch of swimming trophies!

And many nominations!

So much of what, you know, movie goes in

is you gotta play someone who's tortured or racked

or going through something that is...

that is somehow driving him to distractions

and Forrest Gump just doesn't know what...

doesn't know what that means.

And so there ends up being a much more kind of,

kind of pure reaction to the world

as opposed to interaction with the world.

And that's... that was fun.

You've gone from playing a very

intelligent character in Philadelphia

to playing someone not so bright.

Is that really fun

for an actor to move that far across the mental-

Well, you know, I didn't really... it's funny,

I didn't really...

I've never really thought about it that way.

The nature of the movies are so incredibly different.

He's not... he's not poisoned by...

by any sort of cynicism.

But because of that, he comes...

it can be taken as a great naivety.

He really only..

He only has... he only knows three things.

He knows he knows about God, he knows about his mama,

and he knows about the woman that he loves, Jenny.

And after that he...

he needs nothing else in order to keep him...

keep him going.

Tom would win yet another Academy Award

being the second actor to do so back-to-back

after Spencer Tracy.

Before wanting to become an actor,

Tom Hank's greatest ambition was to be an astronaut.

It was in 1995

that he reunited with Ron Howard

and Tom's dreams became reality

with the release of "Apollo 13."

Tom's admiration and fascination with the galaxy

would later land him the NASA Public Service Award

for his commitment

to increasing the public's interest in space.

Furthermore, the asteroid 12818 Tomhanks was named after him

in respect of his achievements.

I didn't want to insult George.

I don't think I did, but you know,

we think that these fantastic machines

and these amazing senses of accomplishment are...

are relegated only to science fiction

and fantasy of motion pictures

and just the fact that we've

already had robots that have explored Jupiter

in some ways and in Mars, in other ways,

and we've had human beings

that have already traveled to existing planets on voyages.

Um... what is... what's the...

what's the line from "Star Trek..."

"boldly gone where no men have gone before."

What kind of things could we do, as citizens,

to curb global warming?

To curb global warming?

You can buy the right kind of refrigerator,

you can drive the right kind of car,

you can conserve the right kind of energy and resources.

You can plant trees.

You can not destroy trees.

You can not pave over something that shouldn't be paved over.

You can write your congressman and make sure that...

that more wildlife refuges are saved, preserved,

and even created.

Is the Bush administration doing enough

to curb global warming?

I think, by and large, you'd have to say no.

I think the... I think almost at any time,

whatever administration that is in the White House

could do more.

I think in the case of the...

of our present administration,

he's got a lot of things on his plate,

no doubt about it.

We have the greatest respect for our elected officials.

But you know what?

Part of the elected officials that serve every four years

have to think about the next 40 years at the same time.

So that's... when they...

they have plenty of time to get on that bandwagon,

if you you ask me.

I gotta go!

Jim Lovell,

tell us what it was like when you met him the first time,

you actually... playing this role, playing him.

So, you know about the... you knew about the incident-

Oh, yes. Yeah, I knew all about it.

So I was... I was meeting... not somebody...

A very accomplished hero from my point of view,

and I think what every...

I think I thought what everybody thinks of

when they first meet Jim, they think,

"boy, you know, astronauts are not that tall...

they're just not that tall."

I think that irony is what sets it above

any of the other stories that... that...

that actually occurred.

They're all fascinating stories

of how we got to the moon and... and back.

But here that the triumph actually comes out of...

out of this... this failure to to...

to achieve the, flight's goals,

I think actually makes it much more accessible to everybody.

And I could say that, honestly,

I don't think we really...

I don't think we ever got mad at each other at all,

which is really kind of.

I think actually kind of looked forward

to being able to go into the set.

Yeah.

because it was a much... it was a much tighter unit.

We could just mumble to each other very quietly

and maybe talk to Ron over the... over the headsets

when we got to clear out.

Although there's usually one special effects guy

down at our feet

holding some kind of thing up there for us.

How you doing down there?

Good to see you!

You all right?

You have some good lunch?

Kind of like that.

Later that year,

Tom would try his hand at something completely new,

setting his sights on voice acting

for the much loved "Toy Story" franchise.

Not only was this Tom's first role

acting in an animated film,

it was also the first film to be computer-animated.

Not only did Tom portray Woody,

a loved character by millions,

he also took part in a historical achievement,

which would later branch into the world

of modern 3D animation.

Yes, I am.

I am the cowboy.

I see the tall, lanky, brooding loner of a cowboy.

So how does this differ

from all your other movies that you have done before?

Jeepers!

I've never played a cartoon character

who was a tall, lanky cowboy before.

So this must be really exciting and different!

A whole new world, right?

It's, uh, yeah...

it's a relatively... not too much...

not a lot of is expected of me.

Tim!

Hey, look, everybody, it's Tim Allen!

You're so cute in real life!

It's Tim Allen.

No, not... not me.

I'm an adult now.

I'm very big now.

I'm big.

I'm powerful and I'm... I'm an adult.

I have no child left.

You know, in fact, he is really big.

He tried to crush everybody who was in the recording studio.

Yeah.

He kind of came in and said,

"hello, I'm Tim Allen, I will crush you."

"I'm Tim Allen. Where's my masseuse?"

"I will crush you now."

"Where's my masseuse?"

I constantly had massages going.

In 1996, Hanks makes his directing debut

with "That Thing You Do"

and co-produced and co-directed the docu-drama,

"From Earth to the Moon,"

a costly and ambitious project,

which proceeded to win an Emmy.

Columbia, this is Houston reading you loud and clear.

The EVA is progressing beautifully.

Just when Tom had seemingly reached

the height of his career,

he decided to team up with Steven Spielberg in 1998

on "Saving Private Ryan."

The depiction of World War II

achieved another best actor award nomination for Hanks,

alongside being a technical marvel

to rival Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now."

The journey into the two thousands

proved equally successful.

Tom would star in timeless Blockbuster hits,

"The Green Mile" and "Toy Story 2"

before tying the knot with "Cast Away" in the year 2000.

I'm gonna talk to this lady! Hello, how are you?

I'm fine.

Do you have questions for me?

Yes.

Um, what's it like working on an animated film

instead of just like a non-animated?

Well, when you're in an animated movie,

all you're doing is going inside this dark room

and standing in front of a music stand

with a microphone above it

and that's all you get to do.

When you make a real movie, you're outdoors,

you're in a costume.

There's other people to talk to.

So it's a very different thing.

This is like doing a... a radio play in your room

all by yourself into a tape recorder

and people are on the other side of the door

listening to everything you say.

Did you have fun working on this movie?

I think I had a lot of fun.

I think the people are great

and I think they took very good care of us

and they think they made a nice movie.

Tom, you've had a pretty illustrious career.

You see all these kids out here,

you see a whole new generation of people

coming to see your film, how does that make you feel?

Well, I... it's... film this forever, thank goodness.

And, uh, it's always intimidating because you don't...

I don't think anybody who makes movies

wants to let them down.

You always hope that they're gonna get... you know,

they're gonna come out and they're saying,

well that was 90 minutes, it was very well spent.

What about the binging and dieting?

The what?

The binging and dieting.

I did not binge, but I did diet.

No purging, no binging, no purging.

Just a lot of... just be careful what you eat

and get a lot of exercise.

I think I had somehow, you know,

considered every conceivable

solitary confinement POW castaway story in my own head

and tried to pare it down to literally how...

how do you fight that?

How do you... how do you get past...

get taking care of your day and, you know,

nothing's coming over that horizon to...

not even just rescue you, but to distract you from...

from everything that you're surrounded...

I... I... it was...

it was... I'm glad I had seven years to prepare for it.

The, I mean, the faith that you have to have is that

Bob as a filmmaker and Bill as a... a writer,

are constantly gonna be testing the material

so that what I'm doing up there,

up alone on a screen however long it is,

is actually reflective of the audience's struggle

in their own daily lives.

Even though it hasn't...

It would seem as though to have nothing to do with it.

If you can do that, that's the great power of the cinema.

Hanks returned to the filmmakers' chair in 2001,

directing and producing HBO's "Band of Brothers."

Whilst scouting locations, Tom would accidentally

fall through the rotting floor of a building in Germany;

the incident resulted in a dislocated shoulder.

Though injured, Tom would fight on

and continue with the production of the show.

Peter, I can't come to your concert tonight. I'm working.

Working at what?

Though a slightly lesser known project,

one of Hank's personal favorite endeavors

was "Road to Perdition"

directed by the legendary director, Sam Mendes.

You'd fall into his clutches, so to speak,

and make the film.

I... he's the finest director I've ever worked with

and I've worked with good directors.

Well, I think it's always a...

the relationship between father and son

is a very, very, very complex thing

with all sorts of layers

that just seem to go on and on forever.

So anytime you can do anything

that can tap into those kinds of universal feelings

that even in the confines of a big gangster movie,

it always... it can touch anybody.

In 2002, Hanks and his wife Rita,

would co-produce "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

Establishing a close relationship with his fellow directors,

Tom would remain busy

also starring in the Spielberg classic,

"Catch Me If You Can."

Spielberg would go on to present

the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award,

and Tom would be the youngest ever

to receive such a prestigious accolade.

Sadly, on March 12th,

Samantha Lewes passed away from bone cancer

at the age of 49.

Upon confirmation, Tom was deeply hurt from the news,

as Samantha had provided him

with an unfathomable amount of support in his younger years,

her burial would take place at Sacramento

and her legacy as an actress

would live on with both the public and Tom.

Tom's filmography had seemingly no end in sight.

Participating in giant projects every year,

Tom was established as a man who could embody any character

that was thrown at him.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Bob raise... wave, Bob, I can't see where you are.

All right, okay.

Hey, you... you visual effects geeks,

you... you clean up really good, I must say.

Usually I see you in...

in some cramped production office

or one of those industrial parks out in the valley,

and you're wearing year-old running shoes

and you're wearing cargo shorts

and you're exhausted eating pizza and diet Cokes

for months on end looking at me

on a little, little tiny computer monitor somewhere.

And you always say the same thing to me,

"boy, you're much taller in real life, Mr. Hanks"

and I say, "hey, you just keep working hard,

making me look so good or so strong or so fast,

or so whatever it is you're make me look."

So it's real pleasure to be here.

Raking in great success with the Coen Brothers' film,

"The Ladykillers,"

Spielberg's "The Terminal,"

and Robert Zemeckis' "Polar Express,"

where Tom played five different on-screen characters,

a huge statement

for the incoming age of motion-capture technology.

In 2005, Hanks was voted as Vice President

of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

thanks to his outstanding contribution to the arts.

From acting in "The Da Vinci Code"

and producing the animated film, "The Ant Bully,"

Tom would be approached by many executives

to maintain his creative trajectory,

producing "Starter for 10,"

and acting in "Charlie Wilson's War,"

and "The Great Buck Howard"

all before dipping his toes into the much loved musical,

"Mama Mia!"

♪ Mamma Mia! Here I go again! ♪

♪ My, my, how can I resist you? ♪

And how could you possibly resist this?

Stars, super troupers, and dancing queens galore!

Mamma Mia! is the ultimate celebration of everything Abba.

In 2010, "Toy Story 3" grossed over 1 billion,

making it the highest grossing animated film at the time.

Hanks had become synonymous,

not just with the adult population,

but with children too.

On one encounter, a child in an elevator

refused to believe Tom played as Woody from the franchise.

And then the mother tries to explain,

"no, the voice is recorded

and the actor who is the voice, this is the actor!"

They... the kids just don't get it at all.

They say, "where's the vest?

Where's the cowboy hat?

You're not very tall."

And so I say, "all right, close your eyes."

And they go, "what?"

I say, "just close your eyes."

So the kid goes...

and then I say,

"we gotta get back to Andy's room right away, guys!"

and then they go...

In 2013,

Hanks opened up about his type 2 diabetes diagnosis,

a causation from, as he stated,

"unhealthy eating habits and poor genes."

Tom, however,

would not let his diagnosis hinder his work rate

or performances,

and instead chose to find a healthy medium,

opting for daily exercises

and finding healthier eating habits

to ensure his own longevity.

Continuing his journey, Tom would take the role

of James Donovan in "Bridge of Spies,"

releasing his own book, "Alan Bean Plus Four,"

along the way.

Tom had developed a unique style

in how he approached his many characters.

If we don't get this right, we're doomed, you know?

If we don't get some aspect of life in 1961 in Berlin

down correct, we're really quite, uh...

we're fools.

Though all unique, he would excel

and subsequently be praised for his ability to perform

as ordinary characters in extraordinary situations.

Being a man of the people, in 2016,

he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom,

the nation's highest civilian award

by President Barack Obama.

Hitler's armies would not have stopped their killing

had we not fought them on the beaches

and on the landing routes...

in the fields and on the streets.

We must never forget

that there was nothing inevitable about our victory

in that terrible war.

It was won through the courage and character of our people.

Tom Hanks was shown some big love in the Big Apple

at Lincoln Center's star-studded tribute to the actor.

Stepping out for the gala were Tom's wife, Rita Wilson,

and son, Colin, plus a slew of a-list friends

from actresses Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron,

and Sally Field, to directors Steven Spielberg,

Ron Howard, and Robert Zemeckis.

I loved it.

It's effortless with a person like that.

He's so kind and lovely and just great.

He's been so consistently good for so long

that it's very exciting to be here

to honor somebody like him because it's so deserved.

He's just an amazing guy.

He really is.

Wonderful talent and just incredible.

He's an everyman.

He's eminently watchable

and he's a really nice guy, which is fantastic.

His ambition has driven him

not to necessarily be more commercial,

although he has been, but to be creatively ambitious.

There's that scene in...

in Forest Gump where he is talking to Jenny's grave,

and I turned around

and the entire crew was like crying behind the camera.

So it's there... it's there, and it's really real.

♪ It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood. ♪

♪ A beautiful day for a neighbor. ♪

♪ Would you be mine? ♪

♪ Could you be mine? ♪

♪ Please won't you be ♪

A perfect coincidence arose

when Tom portrayed the role of Fred Rogers in

"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood."

The role had Tom apprehensive at first,

as Mr. Rogers was a very public figure

and would need a strong performance

to bring his gentle persona back to the screen.

As it happened, this came naturally to Tom,

who later found out he was related to Fred,

the two men being sixth cousins,

sharing the same five-times distant grandfather

who immigrated to America from Germany in the 18th century.

There's a thing that has just never changed for me...

when I was, uh, in... in university

and I didn't know that there was such a thing

as being an actor for a living, I just thought,

you know, "that's only for like movie stars"

or something like that.

But then when I started going to the theater,

I'd be watching anything from Shakespeare

to Eugene O'Neill, to... to any of the great plays

and I just thought...

I had this great yearning just to be a part of it,

just to be part of being somebody else

and saying this very specific dialogue

and being part of this great... this great story.

And when I started studying the theater, you know,

by accident I guess,

there was just no life like it.

Surprisingly, this wasn't, Tom's only known ancestor.

Hanks had known from a young age

that he was also a distant cousin

of not only the former President Abraham Lincoln,

but also Walt Disney,

who Tom depicted in the film, "Saving Mr. Banks" in 2013.

Never ever just marry.

Now where is Mr. Disney?

She's here!

Well, Pamela Travers,

you can't imagine how excited I am to finally meet you.

Would you mind? My name is Mrs. Travers, Mr. Disney.

Chris with GMA Philippines, my question to you is,

you, Keanu Reeves,

there's a handful of Hollywood actors and actresses

that everybody seems to love.

How have you weaved through all these years

in a career in Hollywood

and not gotten many people pissed off at you?

And no scandals, all that?

Well, you know, I... I... I don't know.

It's not a... it's not a...

it's not a... it's not an agenda.

There's no strategy to it.

I will just say this

and I... I have worked briefly with Keanu,

he has a wonderful answer to those questions.

Why... what is it like being...

how is it to be so well-regarded, well-liked?

And he always says,

"well, it's preferable to the alternative,"

which is true.

I'd rather be, you know, appreciated than loathed.

That's just me.

But I will say that years and years ago... when I...

when I realized that being an actor was a thing,

a job, a craft, a pursuit you could have,

I didn't think there was be anything

that could possibly be more fun.

Unfortunately,

Tom and his wife Rita were struck with the coronavirus

during the 2020 pandemic.

Though many worried for his health,

he would reassure the public of his wellbeing.

Opting to make good of the situation,

he and his wife donated their blood

for the research against the virus.

Take your theraflu.

Don't... don't get what I have.

I had two... half my household had the other flu.

You know, that comes out both ways.

I got lucky. I just had a horrible cold.

Making a hasty comeback,

Tom appeared on Saturday Night Live,

finding his footing once more

in the world of stage performance.

Thank you so much!

Though he has aged,

not once has Tom Hanks taken a break from acting.

Instead,

taking on as much work as possible to entertain the public

and experience new characters.

Um, and how was Tom?

How did Tom fair next to you in the cockpit?

He did okay.

He did badly?

No, I'm kidding.

He's awesome.

Tom's one of our big boys.

He's given us such great performances.

He's an awesome person.

It was a pleasure and a privilege to be next to him

in this movie.

I think he gives a great performance.

I was in awe of him.

And same thing with Clint.

I mean, we're working with really good people here.

People that I've admired my whole life.

What are we gonna do?

We'll bring hell down from on high.

From "Greyhound" to "Finch,"

Tom would find himself starring in Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis"

in 2022.

Shortly after, he made an appearance as Geppetto

in Disney's live-action iteration of "Pinocchio."

In 2023, Tom has made a statement

starring in "A Man Called Otto,"

a very rare occasion,

he would play a grumpy, downtrodden character

in order to break his own conventions.

Following this, Tom would collaborate with Wes Anderson

for the first time in his career,

starring in "Asteroid City,"

a casting Tom would no doubt suit

thanks to his ongoing advocation for space research.

So you played in so many movies,

which one of them is your favorite?

Oh, that's impossible to say.

They... all of them were... all of them were magical.

You have to...

you have to separate out the experience of making the movie

and the way it is taken in by the marketplace.

They do not... they do not correlate.

I've made... I've made movies that were uncomfortable

and just fun enough and they've done well,

and I've made movies that I've loved every second of it,

and they come out and our...

the audience seems to be perhaps confused by them.

I will say this though, however,

I have never ever regretted being part of an ensemble

or the adventure that a... that a movie movie comes along.

I... I must say one of the great things

is you can always, you can always say, well, you know,

they didn't get it in the United States, but man,

are we crushing it in eastern Europe?

They love our movie in Eastern Europe!

It's playing great.

So that's a good... that's a good thing to know.

To travel from one place to another,

from one personality to the next.

The life of an actor is a hardship.

From pure consistency, versatility, and durability.

Tom Hanks has faced hardship head-on

and not once has stopped for a break.

He has brought warmth

to the hearts of millions around the world

with his dynamic powerhouse performances

known by adults and children alike.

From humble beginnings

to becoming one of the greatest actors of the modern day,

What makes the world love this gentle nomad of the arts

isn't just his ability to accommodate the extraordinary,

but also to be completely and utterly ordinary.

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