We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Look, I'm an actor, I'm not a politician. I'm not a statistician. I'm not a legislator. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I start at square one with every role. If I let myself feel pressure, it would crush me. The truth is that… — 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
