People Who Met Tom Hanks Are Tweeting About Their Experiences, And They Are All Absolutely Positive

Tom Hanks has spent decades being one of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, but the stories people tell after meeting him are what really keep his reputation glowing. From quick fan encounters to small personal gestures, the reactions are almost always the same, he comes across as warm, polite, and genuinely kind.

That reputation got another boost around the 2020 Golden Globe ceremony, when Hanks received the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award for Achievement in Film. It gave fans and bystanders a fresh reason to share the moments that made them think he might truly be the nicest guy in Hollywood.

Here are some of the sweetest stories people have shared about him. tomhanks

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Many celebrities behave entirely differently in public and private. However, they can’t be blamed, as we tend to do the same.

Hanks is one of the few people who remains genuine, no matter where he is.

Of course, he can afford to be this way because he is a great person, caring, compassionate, and kind-hearted. He is a good neighbor and a stranger who offers help when we least expect it.

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Hanks spends a lot of his time with his fans. He often sends them gifts and, wait for it, he even answers fan mail. He uses a typewriter to write the letters, unbelievable.

Can this guy be more awesome? Maybe. Did you know that he is directly related to Abraham Lincoln himself?

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SusieMolloy

The family connection is a fun surprise, but it is not the reason people keep talking about him.

“The members of my branch of the family are either cousins or in-laws. So when I was at school, guess which president I was always writing essays about,” Hanks said.

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meganmarielynn

Also worth reading, these celeb tell-alls trade Hollywood gloss for unvarnished honesty, the kind you would not expect.

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