Oscar winning actor & writer Tom Hanks gives the Oxford Union an acting lesson
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Published 2024-02-16
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All Comments (21)
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Oxford: "Is there something I can do for you?" Hanks: "yes, for god sakes, give me some water, I am choking with my dry throat !"
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Tom Hanks has done a lot for the audience, with just 18 minutes there giving precious coaching.
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CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE PASS HIM A GLASS OF WATER , TOM GAVE HINTS MILLIONS OF TIMESSSSS
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What I love about hanks is that he always shows up. He’s plugged in.
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Such an amazing, once in a lifetime opportunity, and everyone in the audience is doing exactly what Tom said not to do at the beginning; being self conscious and not committing to the emotions. I didn't see a single person even attempt to give a reasonable performance.
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Tom Hanks is legendary. He gives his all, no matter what film he is in, no matter what the genre. Apollo 13 is my favorite Hanks film.
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It blows my mind that noone who helped organize this thing thought "lemme run up there real quick and hand him a water."
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I find it awesome that Emma Watson was just casually there learning about acting as all of the other students were 😂🙌
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Very generous of Tom to do this .Invaluable advice which takes years of experience to be able to give to others.Hanks is a true gentleman 👍
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This was awesome and so kind of Tom Hanks to do this 🙌 🙏 I really loved that said ‘a packet of CRISPS’ because he’s in the UK ❤ 🙇♀️
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Fantastic lesson from a very talented, humble and generous Star.
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I’m currently in drama school and I’ve learned more from these 18 minutes than I have the past 6 months.
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Thank u for being a great sport and still involved. So much chaos but I love you pros outside of whatever this has been.
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Okay, Tom Hanks has change my life. I have been struggling to understand. Thank you for your time. Please give him my regards.
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Something the Oxford Union can do for the viewers is to give the guest speaker a headset and shut off the podium mics, so the movements aren’t echoing and thumping through the entire video.
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Arguably one of the greatest actors to ever walk the earth.
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Absolutely brilliant Oxford class very lucky to have met such a legend
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I love this ... what a delight of an occasion and of learning
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Can we not wait til this guy is dead to acknowledge how much joy and happiness he has brought to all of our lives along the years. Thanks Tom Hanks for all the laughs, tears and all the range of emotions you have made us feel! You sir are a national treasure! I want to thanks him from the bottom of my heart! I don’t have any social media so I can’t post it straight to his account so if someone can copy and paste to his Facebook or whatever other social media he uses I would be very grateful! Thanks again!
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That's also a great lesson in directing, too!
