If they could offer up a way to go to the moon that wouldn't kill you, I'd sign up. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as ‘yellow, slant-eyed dogs’ that believed in different gods. They were out to… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade… — 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
Motion pictures are just beginning to live up to their true potential of being immersive experience - going from beyond black and… — 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
The same way that I know that I'll never do a movie as good or as celebrated as 'Forrest Gump,' I know… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
My doctor said, 'If you can weigh what you weighed in high school, you'll essentially be healthy and not have Type 2… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Yet I have a reputation for being… — 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
