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.

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,

During a podcast appearance, Tom Hanks playfully teased film critics, particularly those who initially dismissed his 1996 film "That Thing You Do!" He highlighted the evolving nature of film criticism,

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."