Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage, Rosalind OConnor/NBC via GettyTom HankshasJerry Seinfeldto thank for his love of meditation.Speaking withSavannah Guthriein an interview that aired on theTodayshow Tuesday, the 66-year-old actor revealed that Seinfeld, 68, turned him on to the practice — and even gave him a solid referral to get him started.“I said, ‘Oh, I’ve been working. I’m taking a year off [because] I’m just really tired. I’ve been working like six years,’ " theMan Called Ottostar recalled once telling Seinfeld beforethe latter suggested meditation.“He goes, ‘No, you’ve got to. I’ve been doing it since college,’ " Hanks continued, doing an uncanny impression of his actor-comedian friend. “He put me together with his teacher, and it’s anodd, easy, life-changing thing.““And should everybody [meditate]? Sure, why not?” Hanks added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Hanks recently opened up about how he has moments of self-doubt in his work, despite his storied film career that has nabbed him two consecutiveAcademy Awardwins.For more on Tom Hanks, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Speaking on the Jan. 3 episode ofThe Great Creators with Guy Razpodcast, theForrest Gumpactor admitted he has experienced “self-doubt that is pure neurosis” over the course of his career, despite generally considering himself “not a neurotic guy.“For Hanks, “Iwrestle with authenticity,” he explained. “I wrestle with the difference between lying for a living as an actor and lying to myself as a human being.“He went on to say shortly after that he doesn’t watch some ofhis own films, including his “big hits,“because he sees “the falsehood in them. I see the loss. I see that one time, ‘Oh, man, I missed that opportunity.’ ““And it’s not because, at the moment, I chose not to — it’s because, after it was done,I realized I didn’t go far enough. I didn’t go to the place that I could have gone,” Hanks said.Tom Hanks.Shannon Finney/Getty ImagesAs for his work inA Man Called Otto, Hanks recently told PEOPLE what it was like working with sonTruman Hanks, who plays the younger version of his titular character.“Without a doubt, it’sspecial because, you know, I changed his diapers,” said Hanks of Truman, 27. “But you get past that right away because you gotta show up, and you gotta hit the marks, and you gotta do it on time, and you gotta be right there.“He continued, “I know what that takes, and he does too. It’s a little different when it’s the whole shebang. He was cast for a very specific reason. We resemble each other, he’s not a stranger, and he knows what the pressure is, and he’s gotta do it.“A Man Called Otto, based on Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novelA Man Called Ove, is in theaters nationwide Friday.
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Tom HankshasJerry Seinfeldto thank for his love of meditation.Speaking withSavannah Guthriein an interview that aired on theTodayshow Tuesday, the 66-year-old actor revealed that Seinfeld, 68, turned him on to the practice — and even gave him a solid referral to get him started.“I said, ‘Oh, I’ve been working. I’m taking a year off [because] I’m just really tired. I’ve been working like six years,’ " theMan Called Ottostar recalled once telling Seinfeld beforethe latter suggested meditation.“He goes, ‘No, you’ve got to. I’ve been doing it since college,’ " Hanks continued, doing an uncanny impression of his actor-comedian friend. “He put me together with his teacher, and it’s anodd, easy, life-changing thing.““And should everybody [meditate]? Sure, why not?” Hanks added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Hanks recently opened up about how he has moments of self-doubt in his work, despite his storied film career that has nabbed him two consecutiveAcademy Awardwins.For more on Tom Hanks, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Speaking on the Jan. 3 episode ofThe Great Creators with Guy Razpodcast, theForrest Gumpactor admitted he has experienced “self-doubt that is pure neurosis” over the course of his career, despite generally considering himself “not a neurotic guy.“For Hanks, “Iwrestle with authenticity,” he explained. “I wrestle with the difference between lying for a living as an actor and lying to myself as a human being.“He went on to say shortly after that he doesn’t watch some ofhis own films, including his “big hits,“because he sees “the falsehood in them. I see the loss. I see that one time, ‘Oh, man, I missed that opportunity.’ ““And it’s not because, at the moment, I chose not to — it’s because, after it was done,I realized I didn’t go far enough. I didn’t go to the place that I could have gone,” Hanks said.Tom Hanks.Shannon Finney/Getty ImagesAs for his work inA Man Called Otto, Hanks recently told PEOPLE what it was like working with sonTruman Hanks, who plays the younger version of his titular character.“Without a doubt, it’sspecial because, you know, I changed his diapers,” said Hanks of Truman, 27. “But you get past that right away because you gotta show up, and you gotta hit the marks, and you gotta do it on time, and you gotta be right there.“He continued, “I know what that takes, and he does too. It’s a little different when it’s the whole shebang. He was cast for a very specific reason. We resemble each other, he’s not a stranger, and he knows what the pressure is, and he’s gotta do it.“A Man Called Otto, based on Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novelA Man Called Ove, is in theaters nationwide Friday.
Tom HankshasJerry Seinfeldto thank for his love of meditation.
Speaking withSavannah Guthriein an interview that aired on theTodayshow Tuesday, the 66-year-old actor revealed that Seinfeld, 68, turned him on to the practice — and even gave him a solid referral to get him started.
“I said, ‘Oh, I’ve been working. I’m taking a year off [because] I’m just really tired. I’ve been working like six years,’ " theMan Called Ottostar recalled once telling Seinfeld beforethe latter suggested meditation.
“He goes, ‘No, you’ve got to. I’ve been doing it since college,’ " Hanks continued, doing an uncanny impression of his actor-comedian friend. “He put me together with his teacher, and it’s anodd, easy, life-changing thing.”
“And should everybody [meditate]? Sure, why not?” Hanks added.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
Hanks recently opened up about how he has moments of self-doubt in his work, despite his storied film career that has nabbed him two consecutiveAcademy Awardwins.
For more on Tom Hanks, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.
Speaking on the Jan. 3 episode ofThe Great Creators with Guy Razpodcast, theForrest Gumpactor admitted he has experienced “self-doubt that is pure neurosis” over the course of his career, despite generally considering himself “not a neurotic guy.”
For Hanks, “Iwrestle with authenticity,” he explained. “I wrestle with the difference between lying for a living as an actor and lying to myself as a human being.”
He went on to say shortly after that he doesn’t watch some ofhis own films, including his “big hits,“because he sees “the falsehood in them. I see the loss. I see that one time, ‘Oh, man, I missed that opportunity.’ "
“And it’s not because, at the moment, I chose not to — it’s because, after it was done,I realized I didn’t go far enough. I didn’t go to the place that I could have gone,” Hanks said.
Tom Hanks.Shannon Finney/Getty Images
As for his work inA Man Called Otto, Hanks recently told PEOPLE what it was like working with sonTruman Hanks, who plays the younger version of his titular character.
“Without a doubt, it’sspecial because, you know, I changed his diapers,” said Hanks of Truman, 27. “But you get past that right away because you gotta show up, and you gotta hit the marks, and you gotta do it on time, and you gotta be right there.”
He continued, “I know what that takes, and he does too. It’s a little different when it’s the whole shebang. He was cast for a very specific reason. We resemble each other, he’s not a stranger, and he knows what the pressure is, and he’s gotta do it.”
A Man Called Otto, based on Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novelA Man Called Ove, is in theaters nationwide Friday.
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