Tom Hanks Quotes
- All Quotes
-
Everyone says, "You have to work at relationships." Sometimes you've got to work, but if you're working 60 percent of the time and only enjoying it 40 percent...
-
What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They're not just mythic heroes.
-
My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house.
-
I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.'
-
The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.
-
I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good.
-
Human beings do things for a reason, even if sometimes it's the wrong reason.
-
I think it's better to feel good than to look good.
-
I always wanted to play Lestrade of Scotland Yard 'cause he's a buffoon that gets to wear a uniform. I thought that would be fun.
-
I am who I am, and I think I have a good nature, by and large. But if someone takes advantage of that good nature, well then, you know, I'm not that nice a guy.
-
Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there's less joy. If you can eat anything you want to, what's the fun in eating anything you want to?
-
The Pixar people continuously amaze me. They come up with something that actually looks as though it takes place in this happy, real-world. Every plot line is not just plausible, but oddly authentic. The stories are full of adventure, humor and love. The characters are written with great human dimension. I don't know how they do it but they astound me.
-
There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.
-
I'm lucky enough to be able to make only movies I'm interested in seeing. That has to be an instinctive thrust. The audience knows when you're faking it. They can hang any kind of moniker they want on me.
-
Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.
-
Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.
-
My wife and I, we met making a movie. This is not just our job, it's our life. It's what we do naturally whether we're working together or not.
-
It's not a mid-life crisis. It's a mid-life disaster. A mid-life crisis is when you wake up with everything and you go "I have everything but I'm still unhappy."
-
There's such an advantage to being involved in the day-to-day details of each other's lives. It's a marvelous fabric to exist in.
-
Before you go into what is essentially a competition, you have to have that confidence. You have to ask yourself, "Are they looking for a guy my height? My age? I've got a shot." And if there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.
-
Dear God, thank you for my life. I forgot how big and wonderful it is.
-
I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'
-
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
-
The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.