Hanks is unfazed by reviews. He says his "day job as a movie star" means he can "handle" any criticism.His novel is about the making of a multi-million dollar superhero action movie, and features a cast of characters including an eccentric director and a self-important and highly obstructive male actor who disrupts and delays filming.
So it's a surprising admission when the affable voice of Woody in Toy Story confesses: "I have pulled every single one of those moments of behaviour myself on a set."I've had tough days trying to be a professional when my life has been falling apart in more ways than one and the requirement for me that day is to be funny, charming and loving - and it's the last way I feel.
Hanks prides himself on always being on time, though. "What cannot occur on a motion picture is that someone cannot monkey around with the timing or the length of the shoot or the budget. That is a cardinal sin in the motion picture business. "You will be amazed," he adds, "at how many people know that they can get away with it, and are told they can get away with it, because they are carrying the movie on their shoulders."