Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I… — 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 do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't… — 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
Audiences crave something they've never seen before. That's what they want. They want to be dazzled. They want to go in either… — 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
I'm lucky enough to be able to make only movies I'm interested in seeing. That has to be an instinctive thrust. The… — 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 don't ask for much. I don't ask to be rich, and I don't ask to be famous, and I don't ask… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on… — 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
I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent. — 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
I am a lay historian by nature. I seek out an empirical reflection of what truth is. I sort of want dates… — 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
