Tom Hanks admits to bad on-set behavior over his career: 'Not everybody is at their best every single day'
- Tom Hanks admitted to not always having the best behavior while on movie sets.
- His first novel highlights characters who delay a Hollywood blockbuster due to their egotistical behavior.
Tom Hanks might be regarded by many as "America's dad," but that doesn't mean he is perfect.
While promoting his first novel, "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece," which is based heavily on his observations in Hollywood over his career, he admitted to not always being his best self on set.
The story takes place on the set of a big-budget superhero movie and features an eccentric director and egotistical actor who disrupts and delays production.
Hanks recently told the BBC the characters in his book are "cry-babies, psychological train wrecks, on-the-wagon alcoholics, off-the-wagon addicts."
Hanks said he used inspiration from his own behavior on set to flesh out the characters in his book.
"I have pulled every single one of those moments of behavior myself on a set," Hanks told the BBC.
"Not everybody is at their best every single day on a motion picture set," the two-time Oscar winner said. "I've had tough days trying to be a professional when my life has been falling apart in more ways than one and the requirement for me that day is to be funny, charming, and loving — and it's the last way I feel."
However, Hanks, 66, did make clear that there's one aspect in the book that he's never been guilty of — being late on set, which he calls the "cardinal sin."
"What cannot occur on a motion picture is that someone cannot monkey around with the timing or the length of the shoot or the budget," he said.
"You will be amazed at how many people know that they can get away with it, and are told they can get away with it, because they are carrying the movie on their shoulders," he added.
Hanks will next be seen in the Wes Anderson movie "Asteroid City," which opens in theaters in June.
"The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece" is available beginning Tuesday.