Today, we're revisiting our special conversation with actor Tom Hanks.

We begin by discussing his debut novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (5:58 ), his nomadic upbringing across California (13:28 ), and the Stanley Kubrick film that made him want to be an artist (19:40 ). Then, we talk about his early work at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival (24:00 ) and moving to Los Angeles for his television debut in Bosom Buddies (28:30 ), before pivoting to dramatic roles in films like Philadelphia and Forrest Gump (32:44 ).

On the back-half, Hanks describes the transformative, eight-year process of making Cast Away (39:00 ), receiving an AFI Lifetime Achievement award for his work at age forty-six (41:35 ), the vital performances that followed (42:40 ), and his insatiable desire to reflect the human experience (46:23 ).

To close, Hanks reflects on the kinship he found with Yankee hall of famer Joe DiMaggio (59:08 ), his formative friendships with actor Holland Taylor (52:30 ) and the late Nora Ephron (54:40 ), and the Cecil B. DeMille story he hopes to keep telling (55:50 ).

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