In the early days you have a tendency to intellectualize, but you're really just trying to sound smart and score with the… — 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
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
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
What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering,… — 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
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
You don't necessarily go in to talk to the person to try to find some secret key to the lock. — 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
