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Tom Hanks Considers The Cosmos, Nora Ephron, And A Man Dressed As A Shrimp

Tom Hanks has written a short story collection called Uncommon Type. Here, he talks about stories, characters, the film goddess Pelicula, and what happened to the suit he wore as David S. Pumpkins.
Actor Tom Hanks attends the premier of Larry Crowne at the Westfield Shopping Centre in London. / CARL COURT / Getty Images

If you first saw Tom Hanks act in Bosom Buddies, you've been watching him for almost 40 years. He has two Oscars. He's played astronauts and soldiers and a widower sending up his voice like a signal flare. He's directed and produced and written films and TV projects, and now he's written a book of short stories, called Uncommon Type.

One of those stories, as it happens, is

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