I've worked with people who are much further to the left than I am and much further to the right than I… — 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… — 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… — 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
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
Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks,… — 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
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
The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
The Pixar people continuously amaze me. They come up with something that actually looks as though it takes place in this happy,… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Most people want to be able to go off and deal with their day - stop in here, run errands there -… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I think 80 percent of the population are really great, caring people who will help you and tell you the truth. That's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches… — 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
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
The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have… — 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
The filmmakers aren't running the studios anymore. Sometimes people who like films are making them, but by and large, they have to… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
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… — 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
