Actor Tom Hanks poses for a portrait during an interview in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this Sept.18, 1996 photo. Hanks doesn't want anything to derail the proposed National World War II Memorial in the Washington Mall. "The truth is that no design will please everyone," Hanks wrote in an impassioned plea to the National Capitol Planning Commission. The letter will be read during a final Washington hearing Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000 on the proposal. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese)