American actor Tom Hanks says Greek life is “just the best life one can have”

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Greece is a “haven” and a “healing place,” Hollywood actor Tom Hanks told reporters at the Golden Globes awards in California on Sunday.

“I’ve been around the world, to beautiful places … none of them tops Greece. The land, the sky, the water, it’s good for the soul; it’s a healing place. Particularly if you get into that fabulous, fabulous Greek schedule of sleeping until noon, staying up until 3 o’clock in the morning, and arguing in a taverna until 3 a.m. It’s just the best life one can have,” Hanks said in comments to the press after being presented with the Cecil B. DeMille by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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“I’ve been Hellenic for the better part of 32 years,” said the award winning actor filmmaker, highlighting his gratefulness of his marriage to Greek-American actress and producer Rita Wilson.

Hanks was made an honorary citizen by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on December 27.

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