Tom Hanks Quotes
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It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope.
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Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.
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But television, when I was doing it, was all about scoring. You had to make these jokes bang, do whatever you could to make the material really pop. And if it didn't, there was something wrong with the material, or with you.
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I'm not saying I'm not bummed if a movie doesn't do well, but that isn't the final analysis of whether it's any good.
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Audiences crave something they've never seen before. That's what they want. They want to be dazzled. They want to go in either to have their expectations blown out of the water, or have no expectations and are dazzled by the decisions that we filmmakers made.
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Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.
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If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.
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All the kids are gone. It's the greatest thing that has ever happened to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hanks. I'll tell you that right now. Second greatest after having the kids in the first place. When they go, holy smoke, it's like you're dating again. It's fantastic. Also, we were doing an awful lot of work.
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But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time.
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If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.
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College isn't necessary for everybody and it's only from what you put into it what you go there for.
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Help and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.
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I went to college because I didn't have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn't know was possible.
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The reason most of us go to the movies is to be involved in someone else's moral dilemma.
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If they could offer up a way to go to the moon that wouldn't kill you, I'd sign up.
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That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.
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Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.
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I know that my work in this case is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels. We know their names. They number a thousand for each one of the red ribbons that we wear here tonight. They finally rest in the warm embrace of the gracious creator of us all. A healing embrace that cools their fevers, that clears their skin, and allows their eyes to see the simple, self-evident, common sense truth that is made manifest by the benevolent creator of us all...
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Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?
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Making a film is to make sure that everybody looks forward to coming to work.
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I don't think anybody's mind's gonna be changed.
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I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.
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When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years.
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For some people, I will be Forrest Gump for the rest of my life. But that's OK; that's a good thing.