--- title: "3 Castaway Quotes By Tom Hanks" description: "3 Castaway quotes by Tom Hanks. Plus more from Tom Hanks and more Castaway sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/tom-hanks-1717_breathing_i-know-what-i-have-to-do-now-i-gotta-kee_873211.jpg" --- > [I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/i-know-what-i-have-to-do-now-i-gotta-keep-breathing-because-tomorrow/) [Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/tom-hanks-1717_breathing_i-know-what-i-have-to-do-now-i-gotta-kee_873211.jpg) > [I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope... I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/i-had-to-keep-breathing-even-though-there-was-no-reason-to-hope-i/) [Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/tom-hanks-1717_alive_i-had-to-keep-breathing-even-though-ther_1328992.jpg) > [I've made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I'm the only guy in the movie and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/i-ve-made-quite-a-number-of-movies-like-castaway-and-a-few-others/) [Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/tom-hanks-1717_bigs_i-ve-made-quite-a-number-of-movies-like_1752136.jpg) ## Other authors on Castaway - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-yann-martel-96604.jpg) Yann Martel 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/castaway/yann-martel/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/castaway/tom-hanks/#itemlist", "name": "3 Castaway Quotes By Tom Hanks", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. 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