Tom Hanks Quotes
All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.
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In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world had shifted to the right.
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I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
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My first novel, 'In the Drink,' begun when I was 29 and floundering and published when I was 36 and married, was about a 29-year-old woman whose life was even more screwed up than my own had been.
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I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.
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'Clash Of The Titans' is one of the biggest movies I've done; it was certainly the most effects I've worked with.
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Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.
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I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.
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I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years?
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People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.
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When I grow up I wanna be like Omar
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There’s different ways to be impacted by truth. One is to read the scriptures. Another is to read other works by other people who have read the scriptures, non fiction for example. Another is to do studies. Another is to go to a place of worship. Another thing is to sit and listen to someone who’s speaking. There’s all kinds of ways. Another way is to write. About the truth. Discover the struggle through your character.
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When you have a clear vision of your goal, it's easier to take the first step toward it.
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I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.
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In business, I loved cars. I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.
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I was a fat kid who didn't discover the joys of active play at the time of life when we're supposed to be imprinted with a love of movement. That means that I'd rather be called for jury duty than go to the gym, but I go anyway.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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The world consisted of predators and prey. You were either hunting or running.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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We can make ourselves actors, but only the audience can make a star.
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All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.
