There's a very good reason whyTOM HANKSnever plays bad guys: He's NOT A BAD GUY. In an interview with the"New York Times", he says, quote, "It's because I never get them, because bad guys, by and large, require some degree of malevolence that I don't think I can fake."
He adds, quote, "I recognized in myself a long time ago that I don't instill fear in anybody. Now, that's different than beingnice, you know? I think I have a cache of mystery. But it's not one of malevolence."
Elsewhere in the interview, he gives advice on how to be a good parent . . . quote, "The only thing really, I think, eventually a parent can do is say, 'I love you, there's nothing you can do wrong, you cannot hurt my feelings, I hope you will forgive me on occasion, and what do you need me to do?'
"You offer up that to them. 'I will do anything I can possibly do in order to keep you safe.' That's it. Offer that up and then just love them."