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> [The average movie set is the least political arena on Earth. Nobody bothers talking about politics because, one, we all love the job so much. You don't talk about current events. You talk about old show business stories and whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/the-average-movie-set-is-the-least-political-arena-on-earth-nobody/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

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> [I would like to think I've reflected the audience's lives somehow, though it's in this big, false, glamorous arena of movies. I hope people see themselves somehow up on the screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/i-would-like-to-think-i-ve-reflected-the-audience-s-lives-somehow/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

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## Other authors on Arena

## More by Tom Hanks

> [I've worked with people who are much further to the left than I am and much further to the right than I am. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/i-ve-worked-with-people-who-are-much-further-to-the-left-than-i-am/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/in-the-1998-oscars-i-found-myself-in-the-bathroom-in-a-stall-next-to/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/mass-market-movies-have-become-about-one-thing-they-kind-of-declare/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/if-you-look-at-romantic-comedies-as-pieces-of-commerce-the-audience/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/some-people-are-cowards-i-think-by-and-large-a-third-of-people-are/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [I try to do what I call the three E's - educate, entertain, and enlighten. If you don't entertain, no one will show up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/i-try-to-do-what-i-call-the-three-e-s-educate-entertain-and-enlighten/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [But actors with political views are a dime a dozen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/but-actors-with-political-views-are-a-dime-a-dozen/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/we-re-part-of-a-greater-humanity-and-we-can-actually-affect-the-world/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/saying-no-to-something-is-actually-much-more-powerful-than-saying-yes/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [If things were easy to find, they wouldn’t be worth finding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/if-things-were-easy-to-find-they-wouldn-t-be-worth-finding/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/reading-a-script-is-usually-as-exciting-as-reading-a-boilerplate/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [Let's not pretend there isn't a huge industry driven by the choices made by editors and writers who decide what a story is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/let-s-not-pretend-there-isn-t-a-huge-industry-driven-by-the-choices/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [It just so happens that my body type and my lifestyle gives me a preclusion for high blood sugars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/it-just-so-happens-that-my-body-type-and-my-lifestyle-gives-me-a/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/are-you-crying-there-s-no-crying-there-s-no-crying-in-baseball/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

> [My son is a gentleman and a professional who is pursuing something difficult. Yet the only thing he has ever asked me for is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/my-son-is-a-gentleman-and-a-professional-who-is-pursuing-something/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

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