Tom Hanks has owned up to breaking the law as a child - when he used to regularly steal books from shops.

THE TERMINAL star, 48, admits to taking his arms out of his jacket sleeves, so he could stash novels in his clothes with his free hands, during his shoplifting days.

However, Hanks regrets his kleptomania and warns, "This is not something you should take up, you could land up in serious trouble."

27/08/2004 14:17