We saw each other--
we're neighbors
and we saw each other on
the beach not too long ago.
Yes.
But you have not been
on the show in 12 years.
I know.
Well, yeah.
So it's the 15th year that
you've been doing this.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Yeah.
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I still have a career.
I think we're working out.
I think it's doing OK.
You're around.
You're around long
enough to come back.
I'm around long enough
to have you back.
I look forward to coming
back in another 12 years.
That's fantastic.
That's what we're going to do.
Every 12 years, we see
each other on the show.
I like that.
And so your dad, we
should say, is Tom Hanks.
Yeah.
You're so much like Tom.
I mean, you really are very,
very similar to you, too.
I like to think that
I'm a little bit
younger and better looking.
Well, that's true.
That goes without saying.
I appreciate that.
Yes.
So your dad, of course, has
been in some animated movies.
Yes.
I myself have been
in an animated movie.
Yep.
You have daughters.
I do.
How old are they?
That is a great question.
Joking.
They are seven and four.
Seven and four.
Yes.
And if they had to choose
between Woody or Dory,
do you know?
Because they don't
understand fully.
No.
No, they don't.
I'm going to plead
the fifth on this.
OK.
If that's OK.
It is.
Yeah.
I don't really know.
Why is that?
Do you not spend time
with your children?
Again, how old are they?
They're four and seven.
They're four and seven.
Yeah.
No.
They are vaguely
aware, but really--
That their grandfather-- Yeah.
They're really more
along the lines of, hey,
that sounds like our grandpa.
Yeah.
And I go, yeah, it does.
Doesn't it?
Yeah.
And I just sort of
leave it at that?
You leave it at that?
Because it really is confusing
when people say to their kid,
like, that's Dory and they're
looking at a human going,
you're crazy.
I've seen kids like look
at him and hear his voice
and you see like the hardwiring
kind of like snap a little bit.
Yeah.
It's confusing for kids.
It can be.
So you and your wife just
celebrated your eight year
wedding anniversary.
Thank you for the reminder.
Yes, we did.
Thank you.
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Your kids are four and seven.
And I was told that
at your wedding,
that Bruce Springsteen
was at your wedding.
Yes, he was.
And was that-- who knew him?
Well, the parents
had a list of people
that they wanted to invite
so they could impress,
and Bruce was one of them.
And it was actually sort of--
he's an incredible guy.
He's very sweet.
But I had this
very surreal moment
where I just looked at him.
I just caught him
like across the room
and we locked eyes
from like far away
and he just gave me like
the double thumbs up,
and I just went
that is weird, man.
Bruce Springsteen just gave
me the double guns here
at my wedding.
I'll take it.
Yeah.
That's a pretty cool thing.
Yeah.
But you got to keep in mind,
really ultimately, you never
really want to hang out
with your parents' friends
at your wedding.
But it's Bruce Springsteen.
Well, yeah, but we
were across the room.
I got the double guns, and
that was enough for me.
That was enough.
Because I would think that
you grew up in Hollywood,
but the fact is you
grew up in Sacramento.
Yeah.
Because your parents divorced
and you lived with your mom
in Sacramento.
It's a very
different lifestyle--
Absolutely.
--growing up there.
Yeah.
Very, very, very different.
Let's talk about your show
before we run out of time.
That's important.
So "Life in Pieces" is about--
So it's a bit of a unique show.
It's four short
stories every week.
Each story has a beginning,
a middle, and an end.
And they're all about
this greater family,
the Short family.
And so instead of like
stories being broken up
in sort of parts of it being
told throughout the 30 minutes,
you get like a little four
minute story, a little three
minute story, a seven minute
story, and then, you know,
whatever the other math
is for the final one.
