Just four years after his learning experience on "The Love Boat," Tom Hanks had two hit films in "Splash" and "Bachelor Party," and a decade later, he earned his first Oscar win for "Forrest Gump." He told Tom Power that as he built his career, he found himself giving in to the creative magic happening all around him while also waging a constant war with imposter syndrome, and far from alone in either experience.
"As you live up to your own fears, and make it through on occasion," Hanks said, "you realize that everybody on this set is having to fight this same battle of their own hubris of thinking they can do it, as well as just this surreal oddity of pretending to be somebody else in this fake room, but then also having to bow down, without any hesitation, to the moments that it works."
It's a remarkable admission from one of the most successful actors of all time, but perhaps some of that success is due to his humbling experience long ago on "The Love Boat" and his willingness to learn from it.
