Hanks akataura kuti kuita kwake mumabasa ekutanga kwakanga kusiri kukuru, asi kuti akazovandudza. Muhurukuro neVanity Fair, Hanks akacherechedza "nguva yake yemazuva ano yekugadzira mafirimu... nekuti kuzvidzivirira kwakakwana kwaenderera mberi... Basa rangu rave risinganyanyi kunyepedzera uye pamusoro". Iyi "nguva yemazuva ano" yakatanga muna 1993 kuna Hanks, kutanga na Sleepless muSeattle uyezve nePhiladelphia. Iyo yekutanga yaive budiriro huru pamusoro pemurume akafirwa anowana rudo rwechokwadi pamusoro penhepfenyuro dzemhepo. Richard Schickel weTIME akadana Hanks kuti "anokwezva", uye vatsoropodzi vazhinji vakabvumirana kuti Hanks akamuratidzira akamupa nzvimbo yepamusoro pakati penyeredzi dzerudo dzemazuva ano.
Gore ra1993