1995: Another Oscar

When Tom won back-to-back Oscars (only the second actor in history to do so), he gave all the credit to his relationship with Rita: "I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother ... Without my connection with Rita, I don't know how I would've been able to connect with what Forrest was going through," he told Oprah, adding that was why he thanked her in his acceptance speech for .

"I said that I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day," he continued. "Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true. What makes me different from others is that I verbalize this stuff. A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people."

That year, the couple also welcomed son Truman Theodore.