Tom Hanks Reveals "The Hardest Thing successful the World to Do"

It's a beauteous time successful the vicinity to person a Harvard degree—just inquire Tom Hanks.

The Oscar victor was granted an honorary doctorate of arts at Harvard University connected May 25 earlier taking to the podium arsenic the 2023 Commencement speaker.

While speaking, Tom joked that—unlike the graduates before him—he had received his grade "without having done a lick of work, without having spent immoderate clip successful class, without erstwhile walking into that library," per People.

"I don't cognize overmuch astir Latin," Tom continued astatine Harvard Yard's Tercentenary Theatre, "I person nary existent passionateness for enzymes, and nationalist planetary argumentation is thing I scan successful the paper conscionable earlier I bash the Wordle."

Asides from the jokes, Tom, who studied at Chabot College and California State University, Sacramento, delivered a almighty connection astir resisting the "indifference of a radical who person been made weary by struggle."

The histrion was besides gifted a Harvard Veritas Wilson volleyball, successful notation to his 2000 movie Cast Away.

Tom's quality comes days aft helium and woman Rita Wilson deed the reddish carpet at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in France for the premiere of his movie Asteroid City. However, the infinitesimal raised eyebrows erstwhile photos dispersed online of Tom and Rita successful what appeared to beryllium a tense enactment with a worker.