Tom Hanks: Forrest Gump, going 'crazy' during Castaway and Donald Trump | Full Interview

Acting legend Tom Hanks joins Graham to talk about some of his most rewarding roles, as well as the challenging ones. Hanks opens up about his family, from his first marriage culminating in a difficult divorce that left him questioning his parenting; to finding roots with his second wife, actress Rita Wilson.
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[@stephengiese7549]

Politics aside, loved this interview. He loves to talk and is pleasant to listened to. Learned alot about him. He is gratefull for his career and family

[@Brian_Saginashvili_]

But panicked with the Clinton pj party 😂😂 Yeah, Tom Hanks is Jeff Eps buddy....

[@jaredkinneyjr]

Its called, acting. Tom is surely a disgusting ghoul like the rest of Hollywood. You've merely been tricked. F this guy!

[@Lucky14970]

I'm not sure I've ever seen Bensinger this level of happy, ever... I mean my guy, you are smile EAR TO EAR and look like you're about to explode into little smiley faces that also explode into even littler firework like explosions smiley faces and once more over of the exact same thing! Holy cow dude, you are absolutely LOVING IT!!

[@peterfraser9070]

Wow...phew...you were amazing....can we do it again?

[@vanessapanek9959]

When I was little, I used a bang on Tom’s door and say come out and play😂

[@tulsatoolfool]

Mr. Hanks, I have a renewed pride and hope in America after listening to you in this interview. I can follow your example and try to touch lives for good. I don’t know if I will ever get to shake your hand this side of Heaven but I have heard eternity is a long time so see you then! Keep entertaining us!

[@squidatsea]

The guy cares that little about America that he now lives in Greece

[@funny3scene]

Hanks is a terrible person don’t be fooled by this interview

[@geneeverett7855]

The guy shilling for a criminal administration 🤡

[@mohammadamirbayat805]

So good to hear Mr. Hank's personal stories from himself. Thank you, Thank you!!

[@davidevans3227]

thankyou for sharing this 🙂 x

[@doc2560]

Speaking as a musician writer an artist this video was downright inspiring Yahoo you thanks Tom thanks you thanks everybody make it created see it live it love love love and 😎!

[@narayanansundararajan5112]

Great interview. Insightful. :)

[@nula14]

Hello from Germany! Thanks so much for uploading the whole episode!! I've been hoping you would :-) Tom Hanks is such a lovely guy - and brilliantly smart! Loved your interview!

[@davidevans3227]

yes i agree! saw a clip here on KZbin (it's always a short clip isn't it..) and now i just noticed the whole thing..! 🙂 greetings from south wales, uk..

[@nula14]

@@davidevans3227 Merry Christmas to you :-)

[@davidevans3227]

@@nula14 🙂 ..and a happy new year to you and your family. x

[@nula14]

@@davidevans3227 Thank you :-))

[@davidevans3227]

@@nula14 🙂

[@juliehoffman92]

Great conversation 😁

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tom is a family friend

[@franciet99]

Fantastic, thorough interview. I enjoyed it completely! Thank you for asking questions I have been wondering about.

[@vanessapanek9959]

I watched Forrest Gump so many times I can recite the entire script without looking at it just because I was bored Tom 😂

[@grega9347]

Tom has been so successful and had such a breadth of experiences and he marries those with such an affable nature. The kind of guy you’d want to have a beer with. Nice work, Graham!

[@vanessapanek9959]

Love you too Tom😂❤

[@jcjs33]

thanks guys...when i was around 10 years old i went to the State theater in Toledo , Ohio and walked out of the theater transformed...many times, went to theaters, alone...oh, the movie this 80 year old 10 year old saw , was 'Elmer Gantry'...wow...thanks, guys...

[@giadagarrison2451]

It was a very enjoyable hour, it was like having Tom in my living room. He is someone I admire for his talent but also for his spontaneity and simplicity. I hope once to meet him on my way, here in Italy too. (I'd buy him a coffee to hear him talk again) He said interesting things and time flew by! Thank you

[@jameshanks8608]

Love tom hanks

[@vanessapanek9959]

How cute is the little boy and his movie Forrest Gump so cute

[@vanessapanek9959]

I remember a tom when I was little😂

[@hectorlopez1069]

Forrest gump and saving private ryan are phenomenal movies of his life.

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tom was my Besty when I was little I like a lot of my other classmates

[@vanessapanek9959]

I remember coming and seeing all the puppets from Sesame Street without the puppeteers

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was so strict to the girls on the girls baseball team. He was pretty funny in a league of their own.

[@letsgococo288]

The world is a stage people. These people are all actors playing a game. Show no fear my brothers and sisters we are all one. ❤️

[@Dougleigh-sf9km]

Cant believe tom is going on the record

[@vanessapanek9959]

I still have my yearbooks😂

[@Lofirobot89]

2 part question 1. Do you actually wear the tshirts 2. Which tshirt is your favorite tshirt of all that you’ve worn?

[@vanessapanek9959]

People think I’m weird time because I worked at a nursing home for how many years and I had to teach the people when we were doing a range of motion how to work their selves for therapy😂

[@colleengainey9536]

Tom is a human being his apion is just as important as yours. Let it ride. Be cool not judgmental

[@cheriemeade4753]

rick says tom hanks is like jack lemon he can be funny or serous very well its just that good

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tell him the truth, Tom, how long did it take you to catch up to me on the football field 😂

[@chrisroberts3878]

Is Bosom Buddies talked about? If not I'm passing

[@maga6252]

@V A L E N C I A N A 1980s sitcom he was on. 😅📺😎

[@mauriceortiz8817]

Yes

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tom story, Forrest Gump involves my best friend, Julie Anderson. I’ve always had their back.

[@Lucky14970]

4:02 The look on Graham's face after hearing Hanks respond to Graham name dropping for Hanks... Inside Hanks head: "Ohhh, the White House Graham? Did you mention White House? Let me tell you about it..." Inside Grahams head: "SCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!"

[@vanessapanek9959]

I knew he had a Tommy had a crush on me.😂

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tamil remember I went to school with the same type of pants. I’m wearing a white shirt and suspenders, and a hat, like Boston Daves from AC/DC

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

The trick is when u do serious stuff look as u do nothing otherwise look serious ie doing nothing❤❤🎉🎉

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tom used to sit and watch Sesame Street with me

[@douglasdejager8450]

Okay Forrest-ah 😂😂😂

[@vanessapanek9959]

Did Mr. Bush find Mrs. bushes bush?😂

[@richardmccoy6764]

Who was the kid wearing the leg brases?

[@vanessapanek9959]

It’s the wall signal Close encounters of the third kind Vanessa style, Roswell, New Mexico

[@sosueme66]

Greetings from Germany! Mr. Hanks please save democracy!

[@douglasdejager8450]

Hollywood has NO PLACE to lecture us on politics!

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tom Sammy, sing in church in to😂 Tom

[@johncook30284]

@janetbeam3087, Did you get anything from his description of being an actor.? I did . Politics mixed.

[@queenslander954]

Australia is much closer to that promised land , Tom should know that while filming Elvis here when he got Covid & saved by Aussie doctors.

[@vanessapanek9959]

Toy story was awesome😂

[@vanessapanek9959]

Who taught you how to run Tom?😂

[@RossBayCult]

Ask him about the Isaac Kappy😁

[@chriscollins3470]

THE Issac Kappy?!?……….Is that a ….noun?……..

[@Lucky14970]

6 seconds into Tom Hanks first response and I'm already getting hyped the fuuuuuccccckkkkkkk uuuuppppppp!!! U,S,A... U,S,A!!!!

[@BigBoshV]

N O N C E

[@J-Mac8]

I really hope he makes another war movie.

[@jllee9189]

When Elvis was asked a political question in an interview, his reply was “I just an entertainer”, I wish the rest of these “entertainers” would follow suit and keep their opinions to themselves!

[@honiotes1]

Elvis was a True American & didn’t use his podium to talk about his own personal beliefs in politics. I like Tom Hanks as an actor, but it doesn’t mean I like anything else.

[@Ganiscol]

Listen you muppet, he has the same rights as you. You dont get to restrict anyones freedom of speech! If you dont like his opinion, dont listen. Simple as that.

[@mauriceortiz8817]

You MAGATs are always trying to shut down freedom of speech

[@EternalLife42]

When you going to tell the world that you never even filmed it?

[@TheSilverDubberII]

There was me thinking an actor would talk about his career as an actor instead of BS politics. Only America. Like Gervais said, "....don't talk about anything you're not qualified to talk about in your acceptance speech".

[@Daegdon]

You're an actor!

[@mauriceortiz8817]

And a citizen practicing his right of free speech.

[@queenslander954]

Yea mate and Trump was a deceitful & bogus businessman

[@gardensofthegods]

Weird to see two big lamps on a small dresser like that ... it looks weird .

[@nula14]

The second lamp is obviously there for background lighting. Otherwise the room would have been too dark for the interview.

[@kevinkrause1877]

Two lamps on a dresser is a secret symbol that means youre a deeply closeted homosexual

[@peterfraser9070]

@@kevinkrause1877 "Two lamps on a dresser is a secret symbol that means youre a deeply closeted homosexual": Comments like that are a secret symbol that you are a jackass.

[@eltubo7]

Graham forgot to ask Tom what was like meeting president Kennedy?

[@vanessapanek9959]

Go back and watch the movie big Tom was cute when he was little😂

[@nebulous6660]

If Tom Hanks said something nice about Trump his career would be over & he would be shunned from all of his social circles. The fact that he doesn’t have the same freedom to support the other side says so much more about his side.

[@RichardKeysoftware]

Interesting how fidgetty hanks got when asked about his 'sleep over' with bill clinton

[@johnpodlesnik1030]

Do more films where the Defense Department and CIA have a hand in the script. Read Jim Di Eugenio's book " Reclaiming Parkland " to learn more about this joker and his wanting to produce a film that supports the lone assassin lie of the JFK Assassination.

[@yol.7177]

Yes!! Hanks totally supports the ridiculous assumption that Oswald did it. I lost respect for him when I found out he believed this hook, line and sinker.

[@arkteosss]

Why every interview he’s done lately is remote from an undisclosed location? Why did he become a Greek citizen? Who is he running from, what is he hiding?

[@squidatsea]

🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

[@vanessapanek9959]

Are used to sing with Miley Cyrus in church And Katy Perry Katy Perry is my little girlfriend get it. I kissed a girl and I liked it.😂

[@beautifulleopard3929]

I really don’t want to believe the things I’ve been hearing about this fellow. I like him , I’ve always liked him. .......

[@renecasimiro1332]

Look how nervous he got when Bill Clinton was mentioned, he doesn’t want to be associated with him after the stuff came out about Clinton visiting Epstein’s island, dude straight up switches to a completely different president😹😹 4:20

[@gardensofthegods]

Personally I'm sick of politics ; we have been politicked to death here in America .

[@OliverSolorzano]

I agree. However, hasn’t it always been like that?? We have elections of some sort every 2 years.

[@johnadams8371]

bye 👋🏻

[@Ganiscol]

If you cant stand the 7 minutes of loose politics talk out of 69 minutes, you need to GTFO. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@vanessapanek9959]

Who doesn’t love Tom Hanks come on😂

[@Alekogymnos]

Tom. I heard you collect old type writers. When I was about 12 years old my mom bought me a Royaj typewriter. In the 1 the

[@vanessapanek9959]

People only make you miserable if you allow them to

[@vanessapanek9959]

Tom is a profound actor he’s autistic on the spectrum

[@lanebullger]

Ask him about adrenachrome

[@krisg3984]

Adrenachrome ?

[@DuffyF56]

Tom Hanks says Donald Trump will be president “when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes." Guess that shows how much weight his opinions have.

[@vanessapanek9959]

Because through the blood of Christ, he was immortal

[@CJ-wc6lf]

When you don't have freedom of your vote then Hanks speaks politics

[@damonthomas2975]

It's so sad that one of the greatest actors of all time has an extensive interview but all people wanna talk about are the first couple minutes because it goes against their political views. Hanks is just stating obvious observations, there's nothing controversial here. Can we now focus on what a great actor he is and the rest of the interview for God sakes?

[@theeaglesays]

If you knew who this is, you wouldn’t have done this interview.

[@timisontube]

0:24

[@digitalrevolution6476]

Road to Perdition

[@starblazers01]

First 5m spot on...

[@vanessapanek9959]

Did Reba really die?😢

[@sosueme66]

I hope Tom Hanks will come out in 2024 for the election. He could very well save Democracy!!!

[@bluemoon8498]

Womens glasses😂

[@MoragTong_]

Wonder what Tommy Boy would say about Idiot Joe now...

[@lylecarpenter3121]

Probably admires him even more like most of Americans. Sorry you're miserable in Moscow.

[@Ketofit62]

Oh, man, he will invested in the crypto, after all these years of terrorizing me

[@Stereostupid]

With no civics in school tom?

[@3nheaven]

What it means to be an American is to not think like Tom thinks. And all bullshit aside Tom and many others went to that damned island. Not Donald Trump.

[@sleepingninjaquiettime]

How about instead of being subjective we remain objective and question all sides.

[@EricBrunoBorgman]

This guy hangs out with the Obamas. Enough said...

[@jrjubach]

Graham's one crew guy mentioned in passing that "Tom" was the most difficult he's had to work with so far during his employment with Graham. Was he talking about Tom Hanks? And if so, why?

[@joeleone2228]

GFYDSOAB

[@Ganiscol]

Nobody ever said any such thing about Tom Hanks.

[@jrjubach]

@@Ganiscol I think the one crew member mentioned it during the Dan Bilzerian interview, but while they were just setting up for it. Apparently it was a huge pain, and that reminded the crew member of what a pain it was to work with "Tom." So idk who Tom is.

[@coldmattyice]

16th🥴

[@vanessapanek9959]

I saved Miley Cyrus from drowning

[@funny3scene]

Epstines island

[@johnadams8371]

doesn’t mean anything. they all went. they didn’t all touch little girls. be real.

[@vanessapanek9959]

If Jesus resurrected after three days, he’s immortal

[@steveputman9545]

The TDS is strong in this one...

[@vanessapanek9959]

This was all prophesies by Adolf Hitler, sleeping beauty, the Disney cartoon

[@bertmacdonald337]

Now where did I put my Epstein client list......

[@claudetterobertson4128]

Tom Hanks, a favorite actor of mine. So sorry you're politics are on the side of Biden's destroying America.

[@libbyworkman3459]

claudetterobertson4128.

[@RichardKeysoftware]

might want to learn what/who the red shoes are made from