Tom Hanks used the phrase "c---sucker" while commenting on how movie critics tend to change their opinions on films over the years on the 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend' podcast.

Tom Hanks knows how to tell a good story. He’s acted in over a hundred of them, not to mention written a handful as well. In a new interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he opined that audiences know a good story (or lack thereof) when they see it too—even if Hollywood plasters it over with seven layers of CGI and VFX laser battles.

Tom Hanks has blasted film critics amid a rant about the impact negative reviews can have on the success of a project. During an interview for the latest episode of the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast,

Don’t come for Tom Hanks’ movies. The Oscar winner, 68, appeared on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast on Sunday and called movie critics “c–ksuckers,” while explaining how the responses to films in Hollywood have evolved over the years.

Hanks said that a movie is first reviewed by a critic, following which the audience weighs in on the matter, "then a ton of time goes by when none of that stuff matters anymore."