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Tom Hanks is very “fortunate”
Tom Hanks is very “fortunate”
Tom Hanks admitted he is very “fortunate” after collecting another film
honour
The ‘Angels and Demons’ actor was honoured by the Film Society of Lincoln
Center's at their annual gala tribute evening, and revealed he was thrilled
with the accolade
He said: "I've run out of superlatives. I'm a fortunate man. I'm glad the
tribute is not on TV. We can let our hair down."
Hanks and his family were joined for the event, held at the Alice Tully
Hall, by guests including Steven Spielberg, Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts,
Ron Howard and Sally Field for the ceremony and a celebration dinner.
Charlize paid tribute to the 52-year-old actor – who she starred with in
1996 in ‘That Thing You Do!’ - saying he had been an inspiration throughout
her career.
She gushed: "Besides the fact that I'm a massive fan I feel like I got
interested in acting because of him and his work.
“Getting the chance to work with him and getting to know him a little bit
made me realise there's something about him that is really genuine and
sweet. It shows the nice guy can end up on top.”
Tom - who won Academy Awards for 1993's ‘Philadelphia’ and 1994's ‘Forrest
Gump’ – was particularly delighted with the honour because his trophy
cabinet is looking bare.
He joked: “Most of my awards are soccer trophies from the kids!"
Previous Film Society honourees include Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Al
Pacino, Susan Sarandon, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Jane Fonda and
Charlie Chaplin.
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