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Signage, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity2. Wide of Tom Hanks and family entering New York Library3. Interior of banquet room4. Close up of event...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST(including transcript):-\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 17 October 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Signage, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Tom Hanks and family entering New York Library\u003cbr/\u003e3. Interior of banquet room\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of event program\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of Tom Hanks pointing out Elie Wiesel's name as he poses with him and Rita Wilson\u003cbr/\u003e6. Pan from photographers to Samantha Bryant, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Colin Hanks being photographed\u003cbr/\u003e7. Tilt up on Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Hanks/Actor, on what went through his mind when he got the call:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I said, no, this is the Hanks house. I think you want somebody else. I was floored. I was stunned. I would only say 'really' and 'why?' I knew that this was a very special kind of like nod you get for sharing your blessings. I think I've done a decent job of sharing our blessings but I don't know about New York Public Library, but we'll go on from here. And then when I found out it was here I realized that I have a couple of books I've got to turn in from 1977, so I'm going to do that.\" \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up of Tom Hanks talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rita Wilson/Actress, on being proud of her husband:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Really proud. I've always been proud of the work that Tom does. He's very discrete. He doesn't make a big deal about it and he's very consistent about his passions and the charities or the people that he is giving to; that we give to.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHanks: \"Yes, this is the two of us going off and making our decisions.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWilson: \"We have our personal favorites and I'm in awe of how he handles it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Christiane Amanpour\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Hanks/Actor, on where this award ranks with his other accolade:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have this instinctive thing that I do that's turned into a pretty good career and it puts me out in the public eye in a certain way and along with that comes a massive amount of pluses that I certainly never imagined would be possible, and if it wasn't for that, we couldn't do the altruistic...we couldn't give the support that we give. Because of that it all molds in to one. I'm proud of the work that I do. We work very hard in a business that deserves and earns every bit of ridicule we heap upon it, but at the end of the day you got to wake up in the morning and try to make the world a better place. That's the way I was raised. That's what my mom and dad and all the caregivers that I've ever had kept pounding into me - that we're Americans and Americans take into account the common good, so in that regard I feel very lucky and very blessed that I've been able to do that, when I've been able to do that and I think we have been a great team as far as making the choices of how we are going to do that. So, it's connected. If I wasn't an actor who did pretty good in some movies, I'd be here serving the canap�s for somebody else getting it tonight, so I'm very lucky, very blessed.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of Tom Hanks talking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Hanks/Actor, on philanthropy being a substitute for arts education:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe any form of government, particularly ours in the United States of America, has been over and over again this engine for social change in a magnificent way when it gets around to doing the right thing. And right now, I think we're putting an awful lot of emphasis on the idea that maybe philanthropy can take care of everything, which is not the case. Fact is a lot of this stuff is part of the intellectual and enlightening infrastructure that keeps America going. Some of that certainly is all about people who have blessings and go ahead and share them and give back to the cause and give back to the system. But philanthropy isn't ever going to be the only answer. It's going to have to come from some other brand of - yes, even elected officials saying, 'hey, here's a good thing we can do for the future of our country,' and sometimes that's the arts and sometimes it's other things like taking care of folks that don't have any way of fixing their teeth. That's not bad, either.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Medium of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Hanks/Actor, on why both candidates are overlooking arts education in the U.S. presidential race:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that there is an overpowering sense that somehow it's not one of the important things you're exposed to. The important thing to expose young people to is reading, which is true, and science, which is true. And what else? Somehow, the arts, which can be lumped into a big, huge mass of subheading. But I can tell you right now I was a fourth grader, or I was a fifth grader, and when the theater company, on a grant from someplace came to perform at my school, it changed my life. When we took the field trips to the museum, or to see the opera that was in San Francisco, I will never forget those days. So, in trying to look at the holistic aspect of educating our children at whatever age, if you don't understand that having access or exposure to the arts is not going to improve the quality of life for the future of the United States you will have an argument from me.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide group poses for photographers\u003cbr/\u003eAfter Tom Hanks found out he was being honored by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity at the New York Public Library, he remembered he owed a couple of books. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I've got to turn them in from 1977,\" said the actor on the red carpet Wednesday (17 OCT 2012) before going into the gala event. \u003cbr/\u003eAccompanied by his wife Rita Wilson, Hanks joked that when he got the call, he responded, \"No, this is the Hanks house,\" followed by \"really\" and \"why?\" \u003cbr/\u003eBut Hanks consistent thoughtfulness and concern with his charitable endeavors earned him the honor.  He holds it higher than any acting accolades, but also realizes that the two are connected.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have this instinctive thing that I do that's turned into a pretty good career and it puts me out in the public eye in a certain way and along with that comes a massive amount of pluses that I certainly never imagined would be possible, and if it wasn't for that, we couldn't give the support that we give,\" Hanks said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm proud of the work that I do. We work very hard in a business that deserves and earns every bit of ridicule we heap upon it, but at the end of the day you got to wake up in the morning and try to make the world a better place. That's the way I was raised. That's what my mom and dad and all the caregivers that I've ever had kept pounding into me - that we're Americans and Americans take into account the common good, so in that regard I feel very lucky and very blessed that I've been able to do that, when I've been able to do that and I think we have been a great team as far as making the choices of how we are going to do that,\" Hanks said.\u003cbr/\u003eHis wife, actress Rita Wilson was at his side.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I've always been proud of the work that Tom does. He's very discrete. He doesn't make a big deal about it and he's very consistent about his passions and the charities or the people that he is giving to; that we give to,\" Wilson said. \u003cbr/\u003eWhile never shy to talk politics, Hanks weighed in on the talk from the Romney campaign that they will cut arts funding and education and have it depend more on the private sector.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Philanthropy isn't ever going to be the only answer. It's going to have to come from some other brand of - yes, even elected officials saying, 'hey, here's a good thing we can do for the future of our country,' and sometimes that's the arts and sometimes it's other things like taking care of folks that don't have any way of fixing their teeth. That's not bad, either,\" Hanks said.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also shared his views on the subject not being talked about much on the campaign.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that there is an overpowering sense that somehow it's not one of the important things you're exposed to,\" explained the actor. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The important thing to expose young people to is reading, which is true, and science, which is true. And what else? Somehow, the arts, which can be lumped into a big, huge mass of subheading. But I can tell you right now I was a fourth grader, or I was a fifth grader, and when the theater company, on a grant from someplace came to perform at my school, it changed my life. 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