Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I'm not looking for anything. If you start looking for something specific, then you take providence right out of it. You can't… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I'm lucky enough to be able to make only movies I'm interested in seeing. That has to be an instinctive thrust. The… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
People ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won't know until my kids are grown. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Acting still rings my bell as much as it did in high school. Plus, I can now indulge my interests as a… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I go to… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes.… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
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.… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
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. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
