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Hollywood's Dynamic Duo

The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  November 19, 2007
Tom Hanks

 

For 19 years, Tom and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have been known as one of the classiest couples in Hollywood—which Tom credits to Rita.

"My wife, Rita Wilson, is the greatest thing that's ever happened to the planet Earth," he says. "You go through life thinking [you know] the way to do things, right? And then you meet somebody who says, 'You don't know anything. You have no social graces. You don't really know how to talk to people or listen to people. You need to learn some things.' ... My wife has made me 100 percent man. I was only about 68 percent until I met my wife.

"That woman has loved me skinny, she's loved me fat, she's loved me bald, she's loved me hairy. That woman, I know, loves me," Tom says. "I'm a lucky man."

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