Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
For some people, I will be Forrest Gump for the rest of my life. But that's OK; that's a good thing. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
When you're going to try and have people talk in a room and actually reflect life as we know it and have… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
My wife and I, we met making a movie. This is not just our job, it's our life. It's what we do… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
When I work, a lot of times I have to lose weight, and I do that, but in my regular life I… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there's less joy. If you… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
You have to adhere to a philosophy that the life unexamined is not worth living, because otherwise you're just living from day… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
All that most parents hope is that their children are happy, funny, well adjusted, and have a passion for something in their… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Help, and you will make a huge impact in the life of the street, the town, the country and our planet. If… — 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
