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Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. He is of English, German and Portuguese descent.
United States Actors Film directors Film producers Also known as: Hanks, Tom
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And the meaning between two simple words that I can only offer you here: Thank you, God bless you in this room and God bless you all around the world.
I know what I have to do now. I got to keep breathing, because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?
as Chuck Noland in Cast Away (2000)
I'm empowered to stand here thanks to the ensemble of actors, men and women, who I shared the screen with and who in ways they will never understand made me a better actor.
Thank you. I'm standing here in lieu of my fellow nominees who are just as deserving, if not more so of this moment.
Man, I feel as though I'm standing on magic legs in a special effects process shot that is too unbelievable to imagine and far too costly to make a reality.
And I am standing here because the woman I share my life with has taught me and demonstrates for me every day just what love is. [Voice breaks as wife Rita Wilson tearfully mouths 'I love you'.]
But here is my mark, and there is where I'm supposed to look, and believe me, the power and the pleasure and the emotion of this moment is as constant as the speed of light. It will never be diminished, nor will my appreciation.
Every day, every year, and for every graduating class, there is a choice to be made, the same option for all grown-ups to make: to be one of three types of Americans — those who embrace liberty for all, those who won’t, or those who are indifferent — and only the first do the work of creating a more perfect union.
Speech at Harvard graduation (2023)
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