A story has the opportunity to enlighten us, because as we connect the extraordinary moments on film with the ordinary moments of… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I love my family and I love my kids, but when the moments come, it's not as though you can just substitute… — 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
Everyone says, "You have to work at relationships." Sometimes you've got to work, but if you're working 60 percent of the time… — 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
Being politically correct means always having to say you're sorry. Believe me, the power and pleasure and the emotion of this moment… — 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 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
I want to have a good time myself. I don't want to dread going to work no matter what the gig is.… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
In your mid-30s, it’s time to start playing guys of compromise. And as you get older, men of bitter compromise — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
“In the time I spend lollygagging over my whites and colors, Anna will drywall her attic, prepare her taxes, make her own… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many… — 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
