The Oscar-winning role Daniel Day-Lewis turned down: “We were so pissed off”
He could’ve won another Oscar.
Tom Hanks Archives: 12/2024
The first movie Tom Hanks made because he could: “This is the type of artist who I want to be”
This classic came about when Hanks could call his own shot for the first time.
Tom Hanks’ short-lived experiment in method acting: “I was told in no unqualified terms to knock it off”
He’s left his work on set ever since.
The movie that made Tom Hanks break his cardinal rule of acting: “The most important tool we had”
Hanks went against his instincts.
Tom Hanks names the quintessential “number one” movie star
“You have a preconceived notion of what she wants from every scene before the scene begins.”
How Tom Hanks fell in love with a movie he didn’t understand: “I read 80 pages and said I can’t take this”
It was a real head-scratcher.
The potential box office smash Tom Hanks thought was unnecessary: “Why would we?”
“Never gonna happen.”