Reasons Why I Love.... Part 1

This is my first installment in a random series I'm going to do, giving reasons for why I love a person or thing. I'm not sure what inspired me to do this, but here goes anyway. XP

Reasons Why I Love: Tom Hanks

- First and foremost, he's an amazing actor. He puts something different into every character he plays, because he's done so many different people. Every character is so very different from the others he's done. I've seen at least five of his films, and I've already seen him play a wide array of people. And he's so good, you believe him as anyone.

- He's funny! I saw video of him from the press run for Angels & Demons on all the late night shows and everything, and on SNL, and he was quite amusing. Plus in movies, like Big, for instance, he makes it comical to watch. He seems to have a nice sense of humor and it's entertaining. He's been on Saturday Night Live like 8 or 9 times now, right?

- He cares about the environment and he's very into learning about space. He drives an electric car that never uses gas. He's also very enthusiastic about space, and he's been involved in a few space-related projects (From the Earth to the Moon documentary, Apollo 13, etc.) He also supported Barack Obama for the presidential run this year, which is awesome.

-I am actually very very very (very!) distantly related to him. And it just happens to be through none other than Abraham Lincoln! To explain: I am a very distant cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln through my mother's family. And Tom Hanks just happens to be related to Abe Lincoln himself (Hanks was a family name from Lincoln's mother's side). And they got married. So I think that counts! XP

And that concludes the reasons I love Tom Hanks. Thanks for reading! XP
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