1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:06,520 So much of the time it seems that... 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:07,920 it seems that my task in a movie 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,840 is to do something differently, you know, 6 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,640 to walk through a door in some sort of interesting fashion. 7 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,480 The passion for art can take an actor to places 8 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,640 they never thought possible. 9 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,960 And I'm trapped in this body and I'm stuck with this face. 10 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:24,720 And so I guess that 11 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,798 can kinda be childish at some times, but... 12 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,638 The world has seen the rise of many talented artists, 13 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,920 many of whom taking the world by storm, 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,480 donning a plethora of roles. 15 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,000 There is one gentle soul that most will know, 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,960 one whose acting range has exceeded global expectations 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,398 time and time again. 18 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,560 From award-winning performances to personal achievements- 19 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,120 the man that wanders all around the world. 20 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,800 He goes by many names, "America's Father," 21 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,520 "Hollywood's Nice Guy," 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,200 "The Everyman." 23 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,040 But we all know him as Tom Hanks. 24 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:37,638 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks, 25 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,440 born 9th of July in Concord, California. 26 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,080 His mother, Janet Marylyn Frager 27 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,238 was from a Portuguese family whilst his father, 28 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,960 Amos Mefford Hanks, had English heritage. 29 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,678 The climate of his upbringing was not gentle. 30 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,520 Though Tom's parents were never cruel, 31 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:58,800 his father, Amos, 32 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,838 displayed a hardened demeanor throughout his years. 33 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,000 As a child, 34 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,518 Amos had witnessed the murder of his own father, 35 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,680 Ernest Buel Hanks, on his family farm. 36 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:16,120 Such a horrific incident would take a toll on his life, 37 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,998 clouding his judgment of the world, and, unfortunately, 38 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:24,080 resulted in a reserved, cold outlook: 39 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:28,240 one without optimism or appreciation of the arts, 40 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,718 and, subsequently, 41 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,160 a lack of attention to his offspring. 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,080 In 1960, Tom's parents divorced. 43 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:38,520 His eldest siblings, 44 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,078 Sandra and Larry joined him with his father. 45 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,160 Whilst his youngest brother, Jim, 46 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,278 remained with his mother in California. 47 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:52,240 Tom was an exceptionally withdrawn and shy child 48 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,320 moving from home to home due to his father's working life. 49 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:58,878 By the age of 10, 50 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:03,920 Tom and his siblings had lived in 10 different households. 51 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,160 My... my family situation 52 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,560 and what my dad did for a living, yeah, 53 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:12,080 we moved around quite a bit. 54 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:13,400 Well with that... I mean I... 55 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,438 I noticed a lot of actors, for instance, 56 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,640 a lot of them came from military families where they had to do the same thing. 57 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:21,918 I mean you would think... 58 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,278 that that wouldn't give you stability, but in a way it does 59 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,678 In an odd sort of way, it does give you a center doesn't it? 60 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,838 Well, I think that what it gave me, well, you know, 61 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,120 my brothers and sisters would have something else to say 62 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,198 but it gave me a small bag of needs. 63 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,400 I think I could land in a brand new circumstance 64 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,318 social circumstances, brand new school, brand new house, brand new place, 65 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,998 brand new city, brand new group of people around me- 66 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,760 and be pretty confident that... that I was all right. 67 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,678 You know, and that is, you know, 68 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,040 excellent training for an actor. 69 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,878 There was an air of loneliness 70 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,758 as Tom would feel little emotional support from his parents. 71 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,640 In 1965, Amos would marry Tom's stepmother. 72 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,000 Frances Wong, a native of San Francisco with Chinese descent. 73 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:12,760 Tom attended Brete Harte Middle School. 74 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,078 He was known to be quite unpopular, 75 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,478 quoting himself as a geek 76 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,880 and terribly, painfully shy at the time. 77 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:24,398 Though living an uncomfortable life, 78 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,918 Tom ensured to remain a responsible student, 79 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,798 rarely getting into trouble 80 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:33,600 and keeping himself closed off. 81 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,358 Did it take you a long time to get confidence in yourself? 82 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:38,880 No, I think that I... 83 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,118 for some reason I had it at a pretty early age. 84 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,878 I remember being able to go into a school 85 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,278 and not be really intimidated by anything that went on there 86 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:48,878 until some guy slugged me in the head. 87 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,800 Then... then I'd be intimidated by something. 88 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:53,040 I remember reading something about you once 89 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,398 that you were like... a class... 90 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,520 you went through a phase where you were a class cut-up 91 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,720 Oh, I think all my life 92 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,838 I've been some form of the class cut-up, yeah. 93 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,520 Yeah, I was that in high school. 94 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,240 But I never... I never pushed authority. 95 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:06,400 I never got in trouble. 96 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,198 I'd always played within the rules. 97 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,400 And if I needed to get outside of the rules, 98 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,080 I would only do it with the teachers who would let me. 99 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,558 So I was never a... I was never a delinquent. 100 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,040 His mother adopted Catholicism, 101 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:19,238 though for a period of time, 102 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:21,878 Tom would find his own religious view 103 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,240 with an interest in pursuing philosophical thought. 104 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,600 He deeply immersed himself in evangelical Christianity. 105 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:32,800 Didn't you go through 106 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,278 a super serious kind of stage, too? 107 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,318 A religious stage? Or... - Uh, it was... 108 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,438 it was a degree of seriousness that went along to it, 109 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,998 but it was so directly associated to the group of people, 110 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,118 you know, and we had fun at that, so... Yeah. 111 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:47,878 I mean, it was something nice to hang onto. 112 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,998 It was a lot better than, you know, 113 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,078 smoking dope and listening to Led Zeppelin records, 114 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,438 which is what other people did. 115 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,158 I just didn't do that. 116 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,278 After middle school, 117 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,198 he attended Skyline High School in Oakland, California, 118 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,718 making very little money 119 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,758 by selling popcorn and peanuts outside the coliseum. 120 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,558 Tom graduated from high school in 1974, 121 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,238 leaving with relatively low SAT scores. 122 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:16,198 Without the finances to attend college, 123 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,998 he decided to enroll in Chabot, a community college 124 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,680 which presented Tom with a multitude of courses. 125 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,680 It was fate that led Tom to taking up theater, 126 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,680 and soon his talents began to flourish. 127 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,678 Tom immersed himself in theater for two years. 128 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,760 During this time, he met Vincent Dowling, 129 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:44,080 head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. 130 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:45,760 It was thanks to Vincent 131 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,960 that Tom attended an internship at the festival 132 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,520 before being given the offer to remain for three years 133 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,960 as a production assistant, tending to lighting, 134 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,720 set design, and costumes. 135 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,400 Though Tom had transferred 136 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,800 to California State University in Sacramento, 137 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:08,400 this opportunity gave him a reason to drop out of college, 138 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:13,040 as his desires to be immersed into the world of theater 139 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,518 overcame his care for education. 140 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,960 This isn't to say he left everything behind. 141 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,360 At Sacramento, 142 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,440 Tom formed a friendship with Samantha Lewes, 143 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,200 who he met during acting classes. 144 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,440 Tom, 21 at the time, found that 25-year-old Samantha 145 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,080 helped battle his loneliness. 146 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,120 Being an aspiring actress herself, 147 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,200 the two formed a romantic relationship. 148 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,440 And not long after, Samantha became pregnant. 149 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:51,840 In 1977, Tom's first son, Colin Hanks, was born. 150 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,600 Though Tom loved working on set, 151 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,520 he began to realize his true calling 152 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,920 was performing on stage as one of the actors. 153 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,040 Tom would win his first award, 154 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:07,998 the Cleveland Critics Circle "Best Actor" in 1978. 155 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,838 Such an award was presented for Tom's role as Proteus 156 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,318 in Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona..." 157 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,920 one of the very few times Tom would play a villain. 158 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,240 In 1978, the young couple, Tom and Samantha, 159 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:26,320 were married. 160 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,080 Hanks moved to New York City 161 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,000 to debut in his very first low-budget slasher film, 162 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,040 "He Knows You're Alone." 163 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,560 He would go on to work on more projects 164 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,160 starring in "Mazes and Monsters," 165 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,560 a television movie inspired by the role-playing game, 166 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,560 "Dungeons and Dragons." 167 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,520 Well, when I was in school, 168 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,478 I ended up going to the theater 169 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,240 around the San Francisco Bay area alone, 170 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,038 because I couldn't get anybody to go with me. 171 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,638 Uh... and seeing the, you know, 172 00:08:57,680 --> 00:08:59,360 great plays and, you know, great theaters, 173 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,080 I had wanted to... to work in that arena. 174 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,400 I wanted to... 175 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,560 I liked the energy that was focused in a theater on stage, 176 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,000 but I had originally started as a... a stage manager, 177 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,878 or a stage carpenter, lighting designer, 178 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:11,958 things like that. 179 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,798 And through osmosis of and... 180 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,120 and exploration in... in college and whatnot, 181 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,238 realized that if you're going to be in the theater, 182 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,998 the... the most energy, the focal point of it all, 183 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:23,798 is really on stage as an actor 184 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:24,920 underneath those lights in, 185 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,998 in front of that stage manager. 186 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,880 So, eventually I just kind of, through osmosis, 187 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:29,918 drifted off into that. 188 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,158 In the same year, 189 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,158 Tom and Samantha's daughter, Elizabeth Hanks, 190 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,598 was born. 191 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,638 Remaining faithful to his theatrical roots, 192 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:42,238 Tom would return to the stage in Nicolo Machiavelli's, 193 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:43,398 "The Mandrake" 194 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,120 with the Riverside Shakespeare Company. 195 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,038 Soon after in 1981, 196 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,318 Hanks would land one of his first lead roles 197 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:52,760 in "Bosom Buddies," 198 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,400 a television series running for two short seasons, 199 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,400 featuring Tom and Peter Scolari as advertising men 200 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:01,920 donning women's clothing 201 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,960 in order to remain residents in an all-woman's hotel. 202 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,800 Though the show was short-lived, 203 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,920 the co-producers noticed Tom's natural onscreen ability. 204 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,438 A quote from Ian Praiser on Rolling Stone stated, 205 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,318 "too bad he won't be on television for long... 206 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,280 he'll be a movie star in two years." 207 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,880 And so when the... 208 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,478 when the opportunity came up to do TV, 209 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,838 I wasn't about to pass it up 'cause this was... 210 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,240 bold, new territory in order to, you know, 211 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:29,398 to strike out and try 212 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,560 and see if you could learn anything and be good at it. 213 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,438 On the set of "Bosom Buddies," 214 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,320 Tom would meet Rita Wilson. 215 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,360 The two hit it off and became close friends in a heartbeat. 216 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,680 As the early eighties swept in, 217 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,520 Tom met writers, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mendel, 218 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,840 from a guest appearance on "Happy Days." 219 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,680 The two were developing a script 220 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,638 for the feature film "Splash," 221 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:54,360 a romantic comedy depicting 222 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,558 a mermaid falling in love with a human. 223 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,920 Director Ron Howard was informed by the writers 224 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,640 of Hank's suitability for the bizarre premise. 225 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,360 Though Howard initially considered Hanks 226 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,520 for the role of Freddie, Allen's brother, 227 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,480 Hanks landed the role of lead protagonist. 228 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:18,720 The film would go on to being a sudden box office success 229 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,280 catapulting Hanks into new roles 230 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,080 such as "Bachelor Party," 231 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,838 signifying the start of Tom's close relationship 232 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,560 with director Ron Howard. 233 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,478 Unfortunately, in 1984, 234 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,198 Tom and Samantha would start to live separate lives 235 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,880 due to misunderstandings 236 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,360 and rising complications between the couple. 237 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,200 Soon the two would drift apart and plan to file for divorce. 238 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:50,880 Following Tom's three guest appearances on "Family Ties" 239 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,080 in 1986, he was presented with the opportunity 240 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,160 to step out of the realm of comedy 241 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,200 and dip his toes into more dramatic roles. 242 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,160 He would play David Basner, 243 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,480 a successful advertising executive 244 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:08,600 who deals with the repercussions of his parents' divorce 245 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:10,998 after 36 years. 246 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,758 "Nothing in Common" allowed Tom 247 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,680 to find common ground with his father, in a way. 248 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,878 Though his father was not outspoken of his past, 249 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,320 the film served as a way of 250 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,320 reconnecting and understanding each other 251 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,478 through the means of art and performance. 252 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,360 It was in this same year 253 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,120 Tom would go public with his relationship with Rita Wilson. 254 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,560 Though dealing with emotional hardships, 255 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:43,640 it was in 1987 that Tom's credibility as an actor rose. 256 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,920 He signed a deal with Walt Disney Studios, 257 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,240 where he remained in a pool of talent 258 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:50,680 for potential selection. 259 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,200 Sadly, Tom and Samantha would divorce, 260 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,078 going their separate ways. 261 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,960 Tom would admit the relationship 262 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,160 was primarily caused from his own loneliness 263 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,480 and irresponsibility at a young age. 264 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:08,320 Just a few days after the divorce, 265 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,920 Samantha would slowly fall ill. 266 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,720 For Josh Baskin, life was a little unfair. 267 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,158 I told you to take out the garbage! 268 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,278 You're gonna miss the bus! 269 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:24,918 I'm not gonna tell you again, Josh! 270 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:25,878 Joshua Baskin! 271 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:26,998 Josh! 272 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,440 Until he made a little wish. 273 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,400 Tom Hanks' appearance in "Big" 274 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,720 solidified him as a major Hollywood star. 275 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,998 A fantasy comedy about a pre-adolescent boy 276 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,120 whose wish to become an adult becomes reality. 277 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,120 No stranger to absurdism, 278 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,998 Tom embraced the man-child persona 279 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,720 and was nominated for the Academy Award 280 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,320 following his incredible performance. 281 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,280 You... you had to start off with a character, 282 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,160 and in acting blah-blah terms, you know, 283 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,078 Finding a center for the way your character moves. 284 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,518 And it... it all... 285 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:03,040 it all, you know, comes out like that. 286 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,358 In... in... in the case of "Big," 287 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,718 what I remember about being, you know, 288 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:09,640 12 and 13 years old, 289 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,320 is being all elbows and knees, you know? 290 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,278 It's like your body is growing too fast for... for... 291 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,280 for your muscles or something like that. 292 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:17,560 And so you're kind of... 293 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:18,958 you're kind of out of control 294 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,838 and there's a... there's a lack of discipline. 295 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,600 But there's also a lack... I honestly don't know 296 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,880 how I move as a regular human being 297 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,918 because it... it changes depending on what you're wearing, 298 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,760 and this is another aspect of... of... 299 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,478 you know, acting technique, blah-blah, 300 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,118 finding a character, is because once you discover 301 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,000 the clothes that the guy's gonna wear, 302 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,720 that makes a very, very big difference. 303 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,998 In the same year, both Tom and Sally Fields 304 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,680 co-starred as struggling comedians in "Punchline." 305 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,198 Just a year after his divorce with Samantha, 306 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,200 Tom would marry Rita Wilson at the St. Sophia Cathedral 307 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,478 in London. 308 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,318 After the ceremony, Tom would convert to Greek Orthodox 309 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:07,920 in respect of Rita's ancestry and open-mindedness to faith. 310 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,600 On the 4th of August, 1990, 311 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,840 Tom's second son, Chet Hanks, was born 312 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,320 five years before his third son, Truman Hanks, 313 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,880 on the 26th of December. 314 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,280 Tom would discover the myth of being a so-called "perfect parent" 315 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,160 opting to try the best he could at raising his children 316 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,118 despite his massive public image. 317 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:33,480 On many occasions, 318 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,880 his sons and wife are seen with him at Red Carpet Awards 319 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,320 as they celebrate as a family. 320 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,558 Tom's career took a slight decline during the late eighties, 321 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,318 starring in a few underperforming films 322 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,040 which received lukewarm receptions, 323 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,958 especially in "Bonfire of the Vanities" 324 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,440 where it was apparent 325 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,800 Tom was seemingly miscast for the role. 326 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,560 With his rising image as Hollywood's "Mr. Nice Guy," 327 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,480 playing sadistic characters 328 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,360 pulled many out of the film. 329 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:12,440 Tom then starred in "A League of Their Own" in 1992. 330 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,720 Such early performances were considered by Tom 331 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,078 as "pretentious and over-the-top." 332 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,680 The... the odds, I always, felt were... were 50/50. 333 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:27,078 I always felt that I was as good as 50% who were there. 334 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,160 So, you know, if they... 335 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,120 if I'm what they're looking for, I have a 50/50 shot. 336 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,120 I always felt that I was better than the other 50% 337 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,560 just because... 338 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,118 because I'm a selfish actor with a swelled head. 339 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,198 But I think you have to... 340 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,280 and you have to have that as you're sitting there. 341 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,240 And it's not a false ego-bolstering, confidence-building kind of move 342 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,278 I always just viewed that as... as the facts. 343 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,960 That on a good day in which I'm prepared, that I can... 344 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,680 I can deliver the goods. 345 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,080 It wasn't until 1993 346 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,320 where Hanks had reached 347 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,320 what he considered his modern era of filmmaking. 348 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,880 He decided to adopt a new perspective 349 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,720 on acting outside of his theatrical range. 350 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,880 He starred in Nora Ephron's, "Sleepless in Seattle," 351 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,480 a massive blockbuster success 352 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,080 and one which granted Tom incredible reviews. 353 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:24,198 Tom Hanks' next film would act as a tonal change, 354 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,480 both in his acting ability and career recognition. 355 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,600 So are you big... 356 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,478 tell me, are you big Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan fans? 357 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:33,640 Yeah - Definitely! 358 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,080 We love 'em both. - You bet. Yeah! 359 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,080 They're both great! 360 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:37,878 And together, it's gonna be really great. 361 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,360 But I am intrigued as an actor 362 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,038 by the situation that that creates, 363 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:48,438 to be the average guy in an extraordinary situation is... 364 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,798 I mean, that's where you explore emotion and ideas 365 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:52,838 and themes. 366 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,878 Tom adopted method acting 367 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,280 losing 35 pounds of weight and bleaching his hair 368 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,438 to play as Andrew Beckett, 369 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:06,438 a homosexual lawyer suffering with AIDS in Philadelphia. 370 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,278 I was heavy to begin with 371 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,400 because of a bunch of residual weight from another movie. 372 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,800 And in order to take off everything that I could, 373 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,200 I went on a very structured physical regimen, 374 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,998 a diet and exercise that was every day, 375 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,198 seven days a week, for... I don't know... 16 years. 376 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,720 It seemed like 16 years; 377 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,280 it was four or five months. 378 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,000 His memorable performance 379 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,200 shed light on the stigma of homosexuality 380 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,160 during the time of release, 381 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,960 combating the taboos of gay relations, 382 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,680 and triggered the conversation of gay rights 383 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,320 among the nineties mainstream viewers. 384 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,238 If this was 1962, 385 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,000 and Rock Hudson had to pretend to be married to his, 386 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,800 you know, his... his publicist's secretary and... 387 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,640 and Louella Parsons was still stabbing people in the back 388 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,960 with her newspaper column, maybe it would be a... 389 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,240 a tough role to take on, but believe me, 390 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,280 in the United States and in the UK, 391 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:06,480 there is stuff on free TV day-in and day-out 392 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:10,080 that make me playing a homosexual small potatoes 393 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,160 in comparison. 394 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:13,400 Philadelphia would act as 395 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,518 Tom's grand entrance into the limelight 396 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,918 as his portrayal won him 397 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,040 the 66th Academy Award for best actor. 398 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,440 If things couldn't get better than winning one Oscar, 399 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,800 Tom would play the titular character 400 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,480 in one of Hollywood's most memorable productions. 401 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,240 In 1994, "Forrest Gump" was released, 402 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:58,278 grossing over 600 million pounds at the box office 403 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,958 and presented audiences 404 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,278 with quotes that remain in use until this day. 405 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:09,320 My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates- 406 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,880 you never know what you're gonna get. 407 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,720 Delightful. 408 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,080 This is wonderful. 409 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,278 I was talking to Steve Tisch, 410 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:16,360 and I understand that it... 411 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,480 it took him like nine years to develop this project. 412 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,238 How was it for you working on this project 413 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,118 because you have so many different characters 414 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,438 that you're playing all in one? 415 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,478 Well, I was... I was lucky that I came on 416 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:27,998 right at the same time Eric Roth did, 417 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:29,758 so we actually talked about it 418 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,278 philosophically and particularly for quite some time 419 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,200 before, um... uh... 420 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,758 uh, probably a year before the... the script was written. 421 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,518 So when it came in and it was what it was, 422 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,600 it was undeniably a thing that was worth shooting. 423 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,880 Bob was involved and there we were instantaneously! 424 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,918 How did it... how did it feel after you saw it 425 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,960 when it was edited with all those famous figures, 426 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,080 like over your shoulder 427 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,038 and in the scenes because of morphing and stuff? 428 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,438 Well, that's all... that's all a pretty goofy sensation. 429 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,400 But you see it and you realize it's... 430 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,238 the odds are against you making a good movie, 431 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,320 so anytime that you think you've done that, 432 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,760 you know, you break the Bank of Monte Carlo. 433 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,718 Yeah, well the odds are not against you, Tom Hanks 434 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,638 of making a good movie or your wife, Rita Wilson! 435 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,440 You know, he's got Oscars on the on the... 436 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:13,358 on the wall to prove it. 437 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,118 I got one! Yeah, it's nice to have it too. 438 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,438 And a bunch of swimming trophies! 439 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,638 And many nominations! 440 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,398 So much of what, you know, movie goes in 441 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,600 is you gotta play someone who's tortured or racked 442 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,120 or going through something that is... 443 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,678 that is somehow driving him to distractions 444 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,318 and Forrest Gump just doesn't know what... 445 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:32,478 doesn't know what that means. 446 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,718 And so there ends up being a much more kind of, 447 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,520 kind of pure reaction to the world 448 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,238 as opposed to interaction with the world. 449 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:39,518 And that's... that was fun. 450 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,000 You've gone from playing a very 451 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:42,838 intelligent character in Philadelphia 452 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,358 to playing someone not so bright. 453 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,438 Is that really fun 454 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,318 for an actor to move that far across the mental- 455 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:52,000 Well, you know, I didn't really... it's funny, 456 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:52,798 I didn't really... 457 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,560 I've never really thought about it that way. 458 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,198 The nature of the movies are so incredibly different. 459 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,040 He's not... he's not poisoned by... 460 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,158 by any sort of cynicism. 461 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,518 But because of that, he comes... 462 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,720 it can be taken as a great naivety. 463 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:05,480 He really only.. 464 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,120 He only has... he only knows three things. 465 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,080 He knows he knows about God, he knows about his mama, 466 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,678 and he knows about the woman that he loves, Jenny. 467 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:16,638 And after that he... 468 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,478 he needs nothing else in order to keep him... 469 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:19,638 keep him going. 470 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,758 Tom would win yet another Academy Award 471 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,160 being the second actor to do so back-to-back 472 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,158 after Spencer Tracy. 473 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,518 Before wanting to become an actor, 474 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:34,320 Tom Hank's greatest ambition was to be an astronaut. 475 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,360 It was in 1995 476 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:38,840 that he reunited with Ron Howard 477 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,838 and Tom's dreams became reality 478 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,880 with the release of "Apollo 13." 479 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,440 Tom's admiration and fascination with the galaxy 480 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,398 would later land him the NASA Public Service Award 481 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:53,640 for his commitment 482 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,360 to increasing the public's interest in space. 483 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,718 Furthermore, the asteroid 12818 Tomhanks was named after him 484 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,360 in respect of his achievements. 485 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,518 I didn't want to insult George. 486 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,158 I don't think I did, but you know, 487 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,918 we think that these fantastic machines 488 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,198 and these amazing senses of accomplishment are... 489 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,800 are relegated only to science fiction 490 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,800 and fantasy of motion pictures 491 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:19,998 and just the fact that we've 492 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,958 already had robots that have explored Jupiter 493 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,278 in some ways and in Mars, in other ways, 494 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,398 and we've had human beings 495 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,078 that have already traveled to existing planets on voyages. 496 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,278 Um... what is... what's the... 497 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:33,718 what's the line from "Star Trek..." 498 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,798 "boldly gone where no men have gone before." 499 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,678 What kind of things could we do, as citizens, 500 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:39,998 to curb global warming? 501 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,038 To curb global warming? 502 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,798 You can buy the right kind of refrigerator, 503 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,480 you can drive the right kind of car, 504 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,958 you can conserve the right kind of energy and resources. 505 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,400 You can plant trees. 506 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,320 You can not destroy trees. 507 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,478 You can not pave over something that shouldn't be paved over. 508 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,638 You can write your congressman and make sure that... 509 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,558 that more wildlife refuges are saved, preserved, 510 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:58,318 and even created. 511 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:00,040 Is the Bush administration doing enough 512 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,038 to curb global warming? 513 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,278 I think, by and large, you'd have to say no. 514 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,478 I think the... I think almost at any time, 515 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,440 whatever administration that is in the White House 516 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:08,280 could do more. 517 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:09,638 I think in the case of the... 518 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,238 of our present administration, 519 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:13,598 he's got a lot of things on his plate, 520 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,120 no doubt about it. 521 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,240 We have the greatest respect for our elected officials. 522 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:18,320 But you know what? 523 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,518 Part of the elected officials that serve every four years 524 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,960 have to think about the next 40 years at the same time. 525 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,598 So that's... when they... 526 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,080 they have plenty of time to get on that bandwagon, 527 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:28,118 if you you ask me. 528 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,200 I gotta go! 529 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:29,998 Jim Lovell, 530 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,160 tell us what it was like when you met him the first time, 531 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,078 you actually... playing this role, playing him. 532 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:36,798 So, you know about the... you knew about the incident- 533 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,238 Oh, yes. Yeah, I knew all about it. 534 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,598 So I was... I was meeting... not somebody... 535 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:42,918 A very accomplished hero from my point of view, 536 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:43,638 and I think what every... 537 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:44,847 I think I thought what everybody thinks of 538 00:24:44,889 --> 00:24:47,078 when they first meet Jim, they think, 539 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,960 "boy, you know, astronauts are not that tall... 540 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,600 they're just not that tall." 541 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,320 I think that irony is what sets it above 542 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,158 any of the other stories that... that... 543 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,958 that actually occurred. 544 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,320 They're all fascinating stories 545 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,720 of how we got to the moon and... and back. 546 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,238 But here that the triumph actually comes out of... 547 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,880 out of this... this failure to to... 548 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,200 to achieve the, flight's goals, 549 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,960 I think actually makes it much more accessible to everybody. 550 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,280 And I could say that, honestly, 551 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,280 I don't think we really... 552 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:20,158 I don't think we ever got mad at each other at all, 553 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:20,960 which is really kind of. 554 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,760 I think actually kind of looked forward 555 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,360 to being able to go into the set. 556 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,558 Yeah. 557 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,600 because it was a much... it was a much tighter unit. 558 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,120 We could just mumble to each other very quietly 559 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,760 and maybe talk to Ron over the... over the headsets 560 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:33,920 when we got to clear out. 561 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,880 Although there's usually one special effects guy 562 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,158 down at our feet 563 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,640 holding some kind of thing up there for us. 564 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:41,598 How you doing down there? 565 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:42,598 Good to see you! 566 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:43,598 You all right? 567 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:44,598 You have some good lunch? 568 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:45,600 Kind of like that. 569 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:46,600 Later that year, 570 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,520 Tom would try his hand at something completely new, 571 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,880 setting his sights on voice acting 572 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,800 for the much loved "Toy Story" franchise. 573 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,320 Not only was this Tom's first role 574 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,920 acting in an animated film, 575 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,478 it was also the first film to be computer-animated. 576 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,960 Not only did Tom portray Woody, 577 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,520 a loved character by millions, 578 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,800 he also took part in a historical achievement, 579 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,320 which would later branch into the world 580 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,040 of modern 3D animation. 581 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:20,800 Yes, I am. 582 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:21,640 I am the cowboy. 583 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,280 I see the tall, lanky, brooding loner of a cowboy. 584 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:27,078 So how does this differ 585 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,080 from all your other movies that you have done before? 586 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,318 Jeepers! 587 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:31,398 I've never played a cartoon character 588 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,160 who was a tall, lanky cowboy before. 589 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,520 So this must be really exciting and different! 590 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,400 A whole new world, right? 591 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:37,600 It's, uh, yeah... 592 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,040 it's a relatively... not too much... 593 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:41,920 not a lot of is expected of me. 594 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,560 Tim! 595 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,920 Hey, look, everybody, it's Tim Allen! 596 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,040 You're so cute in real life! 597 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:53,520 It's Tim Allen. 598 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:54,358 No, not... not me. 599 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:55,398 I'm an adult now. 600 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,680 I'm very big now. 601 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:57,640 I'm big. 602 00:26:57,718 --> 00:26:58,518 I'm powerful and I'm... I'm an adult. 603 00:26:58,560 --> 00:26:59,318 I have no child left. 604 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,320 You know, in fact, he is really big. 605 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,038 He tried to crush everybody who was in the recording studio. 606 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,278 Yeah. 607 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,280 He kind of came in and said, 608 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:06,294 "hello, I'm Tim Allen, I will crush you." 609 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:07,227 "I'm Tim Allen. Where's my masseuse?" 610 00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:07,958 "I will crush you now." 611 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,358 "Where's my masseuse?" 612 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:10,920 I constantly had massages going. 613 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,960 In 1996, Hanks makes his directing debut 614 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,720 with "That Thing You Do" 615 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,520 and co-produced and co-directed the docu-drama, 616 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,600 "From Earth to the Moon," 617 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,038 a costly and ambitious project, 618 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,160 which proceeded to win an Emmy. 619 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,560 Columbia, this is Houston reading you loud and clear. 620 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:32,840 The EVA is progressing beautifully. 621 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,320 Just when Tom had seemingly reached 622 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,240 the height of his career, 623 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,560 he decided to team up with Steven Spielberg in 1998 624 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,760 on "Saving Private Ryan." 625 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,920 The depiction of World War II 626 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,398 achieved another best actor award nomination for Hanks, 627 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,720 alongside being a technical marvel 628 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,840 to rival Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now." 629 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,520 The journey into the two thousands 630 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,640 proved equally successful. 631 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,680 Tom would star in timeless Blockbuster hits, 632 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,600 "The Green Mile" and "Toy Story 2" 633 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,680 before tying the knot with "Cast Away" in the year 2000. 634 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,240 I'm gonna talk to this lady! Hello, how are you? 635 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,440 I'm fine. 636 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:17,798 Do you have questions for me? 637 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:18,758 Yes. 638 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,598 Um, what's it like working on an animated film 639 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,758 instead of just like a non-animated? 640 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,798 Well, when you're in an animated movie, 641 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,640 all you're doing is going inside this dark room 642 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,200 and standing in front of a music stand 643 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,278 with a microphone above it 644 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:30,438 and that's all you get to do. 645 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,238 When you make a real movie, you're outdoors, 646 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:33,838 you're in a costume. 647 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,198 There's other people to talk to. 648 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:36,478 So it's a very different thing. 649 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,358 This is like doing a... a radio play in your room 650 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,758 all by yourself into a tape recorder 651 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,518 and people are on the other side of the door 652 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:44,998 listening to everything you say. 653 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,878 Did you have fun working on this movie? 654 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,078 I think I had a lot of fun. 655 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,318 I think the people are great 656 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,158 and I think they took very good care of us 657 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,758 and they think they made a nice movie. 658 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,798 Tom, you've had a pretty illustrious career. 659 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,358 You see all these kids out here, 660 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:57,958 you see a whole new generation of people 661 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,198 coming to see your film, how does that make you feel? 662 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,518 Well, I... it's... film this forever, thank goodness. 663 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,598 And, uh, it's always intimidating because you don't... 664 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,598 I don't think anybody who makes movies 665 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:08,518 wants to let them down. 666 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,078 You always hope that they're gonna get... you know, 667 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,798 they're gonna come out and they're saying, 668 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,800 well that was 90 minutes, it was very well spent. 669 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,200 What about the binging and dieting? 670 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:17,998 The what? 671 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:18,998 The binging and dieting. 672 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,360 I did not binge, but I did diet. 673 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,238 No purging, no binging, no purging. 674 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,520 Just a lot of... just be careful what you eat 675 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:25,598 and get a lot of exercise. 676 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,718 I think I had somehow, you know, 677 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:28,718 considered every conceivable 678 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:33,160 solitary confinement POW castaway story in my own head 679 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,520 and tried to pare it down to literally how... 680 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:36,318 how do you fight that? 681 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:37,880 How do you... how do you get past... 682 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,240 get taking care of your day and, you know, 683 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:41,358 nothing's coming over that horizon to... 684 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,918 not even just rescue you, but to distract you from... 685 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,440 from everything that you're surrounded... 686 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,600 I... I... it was... 687 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,318 it was... I'm glad I had seven years to prepare for it. 688 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,958 The, I mean, the faith that you have to have is that 689 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,360 Bob as a filmmaker and Bill as a... a writer, 690 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,680 are constantly gonna be testing the material 691 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,958 so that what I'm doing up there, 692 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,160 up alone on a screen however long it is, 693 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,358 is actually reflective of the audience's struggle 694 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:06,600 in their own daily lives. 695 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:07,558 Even though it hasn't... 696 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,318 It would seem as though to have nothing to do with it. 697 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,518 If you can do that, that's the great power of the cinema. 698 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,878 Hanks returned to the filmmakers' chair in 2001, 699 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,918 directing and producing HBO's "Band of Brothers." 700 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:22,838 Whilst scouting locations, Tom would accidentally 701 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,158 fall through the rotting floor of a building in Germany; 702 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,000 the incident resulted in a dislocated shoulder. 703 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,560 Though injured, Tom would fight on 704 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,160 and continue with the production of the show. 705 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:43,360 Peter, I can't come to your concert tonight. I'm working. 706 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:44,440 Working at what? 707 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,400 Though a slightly lesser known project, 708 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,278 one of Hank's personal favorite endeavors 709 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,240 was "Road to Perdition" 710 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,638 directed by the legendary director, Sam Mendes. 711 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,160 You'd fall into his clutches, so to speak, 712 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:05,000 and make the film. 713 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,158 I... he's the finest director I've ever worked with 714 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,040 and I've worked with good directors. 715 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:11,838 Well, I think it's always a... 716 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,880 the relationship between father and son 717 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,998 is a very, very, very complex thing 718 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,718 with all sorts of layers 719 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,080 that just seem to go on and on forever. 720 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,920 So anytime you can do anything 721 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,360 that can tap into those kinds of universal feelings 722 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,678 that even in the confines of a big gangster movie, 723 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,760 it always... it can touch anybody. 724 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,760 In 2002, Hanks and his wife Rita, 725 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,720 would co-produce "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." 726 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:52,560 Establishing a close relationship with his fellow directors, 727 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,400 Tom would remain busy 728 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,758 also starring in the Spielberg classic, 729 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,720 "Catch Me If You Can." 730 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,800 Spielberg would go on to present 731 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,800 the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, 732 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,840 and Tom would be the youngest ever 733 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,720 to receive such a prestigious accolade. 734 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,360 Sadly, on March 12th, 735 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,600 Samantha Lewes passed away from bone cancer 736 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,480 at the age of 49. 737 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:24,678 Upon confirmation, Tom was deeply hurt from the news, 738 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,760 as Samantha had provided him 739 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:31,640 with an unfathomable amount of support in his younger years, 740 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,920 her burial would take place at Sacramento 741 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,080 and her legacy as an actress 742 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,000 would live on with both the public and Tom. 743 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,960 Tom's filmography had seemingly no end in sight. 744 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,440 Participating in giant projects every year, 745 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,640 Tom was established as a man who could embody any character 746 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,198 that was thrown at him. 747 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:02,880 Thank you. 748 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,520 Thank you. Thank you very much. 749 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,120 Bob raise... wave, Bob, I can't see where you are. 750 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:10,960 All right, okay. 751 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,720 Hey, you... you visual effects geeks, 752 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,160 you... you clean up really good, I must say. 753 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,840 Usually I see you in... 754 00:33:18,871 --> 00:33:19,838 in some cramped production office 755 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,000 or one of those industrial parks out in the valley, 756 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,720 and you're wearing year-old running shoes 757 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,120 and you're wearing cargo shorts 758 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,598 and you're exhausted eating pizza and diet Cokes 759 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:36,640 for months on end looking at me 760 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,520 on a little, little tiny computer monitor somewhere. 761 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:41,718 And you always say the same thing to me, 762 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,278 "boy, you're much taller in real life, Mr. Hanks" 763 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:47,880 and I say, "hey, you just keep working hard, 764 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,240 making me look so good or so strong or so fast, 765 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,680 or so whatever it is you're make me look." 766 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:54,558 So it's real pleasure to be here. 767 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,478 Raking in great success with the Coen Brothers' film, 768 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:58,880 "The Ladykillers," 769 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,038 Spielberg's "The Terminal," 770 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,918 and Robert Zemeckis' "Polar Express," 771 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,440 where Tom played five different on-screen characters, 772 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:08,720 a huge statement 773 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,120 for the incoming age of motion-capture technology. 774 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,118 In 2005, Hanks was voted as Vice President 775 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,720 of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 776 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,800 thanks to his outstanding contribution to the arts. 777 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,120 From acting in "The Da Vinci Code" 778 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,558 and producing the animated film, "The Ant Bully," 779 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,438 Tom would be approached by many executives 780 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,440 to maintain his creative trajectory, 781 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,600 producing "Starter for 10," 782 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,240 and acting in "Charlie Wilson's War," 783 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,200 and "The Great Buck Howard" 784 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,158 all before dipping his toes into the much loved musical, 785 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:48,240 "Mama Mia!" 786 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,840 ♪ Mamma Mia! Here I go again! ♪ 787 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,760 ♪ My, my, how can I resist you? ♪ 788 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,638 And how could you possibly resist this? 789 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,238 Stars, super troupers, and dancing queens galore! 790 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:06,600 Mamma Mia! is the ultimate celebration of everything Abba. 791 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:15,000 In 2010, "Toy Story 3" grossed over 1 billion, 792 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:19,200 making it the highest grossing animated film at the time. 793 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,320 Hanks had become synonymous, 794 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,560 not just with the adult population, 795 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,960 but with children too. 796 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,000 On one encounter, a child in an elevator 797 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:33,240 refused to believe Tom played as Woody from the franchise. 798 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,198 And then the mother tries to explain, 799 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:37,600 "no, the voice is recorded 800 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:40,758 and the actor who is the voice, this is the actor!" 801 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,240 They... the kids just don't get it at all. 802 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:45,198 They say, "where's the vest? 803 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:46,000 Where's the cowboy hat? 804 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:46,998 You're not very tall." 805 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,720 And so I say, "all right, close your eyes." 806 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:50,558 And they go, "what?" 807 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:51,720 I say, "just close your eyes." 808 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:52,800 So the kid goes... 809 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,200 and then I say, 810 00:35:55,251 --> 00:35:56,518 "we gotta get back to Andy's room right away, guys!" 811 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:57,760 and then they go... 812 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,560 In 2013, 813 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:06,800 Hanks opened up about his type 2 diabetes diagnosis, 814 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,318 a causation from, as he stated, 815 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,000 "unhealthy eating habits and poor genes." 816 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,160 Tom, however, 817 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:17,120 would not let his diagnosis hinder his work rate 818 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,920 or performances, 819 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,398 and instead chose to find a healthy medium, 820 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,438 opting for daily exercises 821 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,640 and finding healthier eating habits 822 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:29,080 to ensure his own longevity. 823 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:35,238 Continuing his journey, Tom would take the role 824 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,520 of James Donovan in "Bridge of Spies," 825 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,318 releasing his own book, "Alan Bean Plus Four," 826 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:43,360 along the way. 827 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,000 Tom had developed a unique style 828 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,638 in how he approached his many characters. 829 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,240 If we don't get this right, we're doomed, you know? 830 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,280 If we don't get some aspect of life in 1961 in Berlin 831 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,760 down correct, we're really quite, uh... 832 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,480 we're fools. 833 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,160 Though all unique, he would excel 834 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:08,000 and subsequently be praised for his ability to perform 835 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:12,760 as ordinary characters in extraordinary situations. 836 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,398 Being a man of the people, in 2016, 837 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:20,478 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 838 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,440 the nation's highest civilian award 839 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,640 by President Barack Obama. 840 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,960 Hitler's armies would not have stopped their killing 841 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,760 had we not fought them on the beaches 842 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,960 and on the landing routes... 843 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,600 in the fields and on the streets. 844 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,080 We must never forget 845 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,680 that there was nothing inevitable about our victory 846 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:43,920 in that terrible war. 847 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,720 It was won through the courage and character of our people. 848 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,680 Tom Hanks was shown some big love in the Big Apple 849 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,558 at Lincoln Center's star-studded tribute to the actor. 850 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,040 Stepping out for the gala were Tom's wife, Rita Wilson, 851 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,078 and son, Colin, plus a slew of a-list friends 852 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,198 from actresses Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, 853 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,200 and Sally Field, to directors Steven Spielberg, 854 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,718 Ron Howard, and Robert Zemeckis. 855 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:14,520 I loved it. 856 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,038 It's effortless with a person like that. 857 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,840 He's so kind and lovely and just great. 858 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,240 He's been so consistently good for so long 859 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,040 that it's very exciting to be here 860 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,280 to honor somebody like him because it's so deserved. 861 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:26,600 He's just an amazing guy. 862 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:27,680 He really is. 863 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,640 Wonderful talent and just incredible. 864 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:31,960 He's an everyman. 865 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,640 He's eminently watchable 866 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:36,558 and he's a really nice guy, which is fantastic. 867 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:37,998 His ambition has driven him 868 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:39,680 not to necessarily be more commercial, 869 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,080 although he has been, but to be creatively ambitious. 870 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:44,598 There's that scene in... 871 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,400 in Forest Gump where he is talking to Jenny's grave, 872 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:48,318 and I turned around 873 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,880 and the entire crew was like crying behind the camera. 874 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,360 So it's there... it's there, and it's really real. 875 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,360 ♪ It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood. ♪ 876 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,640 ♪ A beautiful day for a neighbor. ♪ 877 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,720 ♪ Would you be mine? ♪ 878 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:07,800 ♪ Could you be mine? ♪ 879 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:09,160 ♪ Please won't you be ♪ 880 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:11,120 A perfect coincidence arose 881 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,440 when Tom portrayed the role of Fred Rogers in 882 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,120 "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." 883 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,320 The role had Tom apprehensive at first, 884 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,560 as Mr. Rogers was a very public figure 885 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,998 and would need a strong performance 886 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,240 to bring his gentle persona back to the screen. 887 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,480 As it happened, this came naturally to Tom, 888 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,760 who later found out he was related to Fred, 889 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,798 the two men being sixth cousins, 890 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,518 sharing the same five-times distant grandfather 891 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:48,400 who immigrated to America from Germany in the 18th century. 892 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:53,120 There's a thing that has just never changed for me... 893 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:59,800 when I was, uh, in... in university 894 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,680 and I didn't know that there was such a thing 895 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,238 as being an actor for a living, I just thought, 896 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,920 you know, "that's only for like movie stars" 897 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:07,760 or something like that. 898 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,800 But then when I started going to the theater, 899 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:11,920 I'd be watching anything from Shakespeare 900 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:16,600 to Eugene O'Neill, to... to any of the great plays 901 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,000 and I just thought... 902 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,040 I had this great yearning just to be a part of it, 903 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,198 just to be part of being somebody else 904 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:26,358 and saying this very specific dialogue 905 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,200 and being part of this great... this great story. 906 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:35,320 And when I started studying the theater, you know, 907 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:36,440 by accident I guess, 908 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,158 there was just no life like it. 909 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,280 Surprisingly, this wasn't, Tom's only known ancestor. 910 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,520 Hanks had known from a young age 911 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,918 that he was also a distant cousin 912 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,200 of not only the former President Abraham Lincoln, 913 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,640 but also Walt Disney, 914 00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:59,080 who Tom depicted in the film, "Saving Mr. Banks" in 2013. 915 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:01,680 Never ever just marry. 916 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:02,640 Now where is Mr. Disney? 917 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:04,038 She's here! 918 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,600 Well, Pamela Travers, 919 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,278 you can't imagine how excited I am to finally meet you. 920 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,640 Would you mind? My name is Mrs. Travers, Mr. Disney. 921 00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:15,318 Chris with GMA Philippines, my question to you is, 922 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,678 you, Keanu Reeves, 923 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:19,158 there's a handful of Hollywood actors and actresses 924 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:20,240 that everybody seems to love. 925 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,720 How have you weaved through all these years 926 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,798 in a career in Hollywood 927 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,560 and not gotten many people pissed off at you? 928 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:28,840 And no scandals, all that? 929 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,918 Well, you know, I... I... I don't know. 930 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,198 It's not a... it's not a... 931 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:35,080 it's not a... it's not an agenda. 932 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:36,280 There's no strategy to it. 933 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,240 I will just say this 934 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,680 and I... I have worked briefly with Keanu, 935 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,200 he has a wonderful answer to those questions. 936 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:43,800 Why... what is it like being... 937 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,560 how is it to be so well-regarded, well-liked? 938 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:47,960 And he always says, 939 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,140 "well, it's preferable to the alternative," 940 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:50,120 which is true. 941 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,160 I'd rather be, you know, appreciated than loathed. 942 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,318 That's just me. 943 00:41:55,360 --> 00:42:00,000 But I will say that years and years ago... when I... 944 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,438 when I realized that being an actor was a thing, 945 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:07,158 a job, a craft, a pursuit you could have, 946 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,318 I didn't think there was be anything 947 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,640 that could possibly be more fun. 948 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:18,200 Unfortunately, 949 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,720 Tom and his wife Rita were struck with the coronavirus 950 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,798 during the 2020 pandemic. 951 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,880 Though many worried for his health, 952 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,160 he would reassure the public of his wellbeing. 953 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:32,640 Opting to make good of the situation, 954 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:34,878 he and his wife donated their blood 955 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,120 for the research against the virus. 956 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,318 Take your theraflu. 957 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,760 Don't... don't get what I have. 958 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:46,080 I had two... half my household had the other flu. 959 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,040 You know, that comes out both ways. 960 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,838 I got lucky. I just had a horrible cold. 961 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,560 Making a hasty comeback, 962 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,400 Tom appeared on Saturday Night Live, 963 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,640 finding his footing once more 964 00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:00,440 in the world of stage performance. 965 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,478 Thank you so much! 966 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:06,280 Though he has aged, 967 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,998 not once has Tom Hanks taken a break from acting. 968 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:11,958 Instead, 969 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,960 taking on as much work as possible to entertain the public 970 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,280 and experience new characters. 971 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:19,958 Um, and how was Tom? 972 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,520 How did Tom fair next to you in the cockpit? 973 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:22,600 He did okay. 974 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:26,560 He did badly? 975 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:27,598 No, I'm kidding. 976 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:28,598 He's awesome. 977 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:29,440 Tom's one of our big boys. 978 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,520 He's given us such great performances. 979 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,318 He's an awesome person. 980 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:36,160 It was a pleasure and a privilege to be next to him 981 00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:37,478 in this movie. 982 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,520 I think he gives a great performance. 983 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,080 I was in awe of him. 984 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:42,240 And same thing with Clint. 985 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,238 I mean, we're working with really good people here. 986 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,958 People that I've admired my whole life. 987 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,078 What are we gonna do? 988 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,280 We'll bring hell down from on high. 989 00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:55,760 From "Greyhound" to "Finch," 990 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,640 Tom would find himself starring in Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" 991 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:01,320 in 2022. 992 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,120 Shortly after, he made an appearance as Geppetto 993 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,560 in Disney's live-action iteration of "Pinocchio." 994 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,440 In 2023, Tom has made a statement 995 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,320 starring in "A Man Called Otto," 996 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:22,080 a very rare occasion, 997 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,640 he would play a grumpy, downtrodden character 998 00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:28,878 in order to break his own conventions. 999 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,680 Following this, Tom would collaborate with Wes Anderson 1000 00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,280 for the first time in his career, 1001 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,560 starring in "Asteroid City," 1002 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:40,320 a casting Tom would no doubt suit 1003 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:43,960 thanks to his ongoing advocation for space research. 1004 00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:46,998 So you played in so many movies, 1005 00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:48,800 which one of them is your favorite? 1006 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:50,598 Oh, that's impossible to say. 1007 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:54,120 They... all of them were... all of them were magical. 1008 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:55,080 You have to... 1009 00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,518 you have to separate out the experience of making the movie 1010 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,398 and the way it is taken in by the marketplace. 1011 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:03,680 They do not... they do not correlate. 1012 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,560 I've made... I've made movies that were uncomfortable 1013 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,200 and just fun enough and they've done well, 1014 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,720 and I've made movies that I've loved every second of it, 1015 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:13,120 and they come out and our... 1016 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:16,560 the audience seems to be perhaps confused by them. 1017 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,240 I will say this though, however, 1018 00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,960 I have never ever regretted being part of an ensemble 1019 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,320 or the adventure that a... that a movie movie comes along. 1020 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:27,040 I... I must say one of the great things 1021 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:30,640 is you can always, you can always say, well, you know, 1022 00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:33,560 they didn't get it in the United States, but man, 1023 00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,160 are we crushing it in eastern Europe? 1024 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:38,800 They love our movie in Eastern Europe! 1025 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:39,640 It's playing great. 1026 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:42,240 So that's a good... that's a good thing to know. 1027 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:43,920 To travel from one place to another, 1028 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,638 from one personality to the next. 1029 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,240 The life of an actor is a hardship. 1030 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:55,038 From pure consistency, versatility, and durability. 1031 00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,360 Tom Hanks has faced hardship head-on 1032 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,200 and not once has stopped for a break. 1033 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:03,480 He has brought warmth 1034 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,078 to the hearts of millions around the world 1035 00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:09,280 with his dynamic powerhouse performances 1036 00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,880 known by adults and children alike. 1037 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:14,600 From humble beginnings 1038 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:18,758 to becoming one of the greatest actors of the modern day, 1039 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:23,160 What makes the world love this gentle nomad of the arts 1040 00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:27,560 isn't just his ability to accommodate the extraordinary, 1041 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:32,120 but also to be completely and utterly ordinary.