Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball. Tom Hanks More Quotes by Tom Hanks More Quotes From Tom Hanks I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth. Tom Hanks trying lying people 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. Tom Hanks wife together jobs Help, and you will make a huge impact in the life of the street, the town, the country and our planet. If only one out of four of each one hundred of you choose to help on any given day, in any given cause, incredible things will happen in the world you live in. Tom Hanks impact country world Motion pictures are just beginning to live up to their true potential of being immersive experience - going from beyond black and white flickering images to fully immersive 3D color high-definition. You don't even know where the real world starts and the fake world begins. And yet, none of that's going to matter unless the story and the emotions that they allow us to become invested in are something that we can recognize. Pixar is able to do this in ways that almost defies speculation. Tom Hanks black-and-white color real College isn't necessary for everybody and it's only from what you put into it what you go there for. Tom Hanks college I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly. Tom Hanks expectations want world 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. But you also have to educate, because people want to discover specific things about a world unlike their own - whether it's how hard it is to go to the moon or how scary it is to be on Omaha Beach. Tom Hanks moon beach people 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. Tom Hanks birthday years thinking At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.' Tom Hanks movie funny thinking You have to adhere to a philosophy that the life unexamined is not worth living, because otherwise you're just living from day to day and you don't have any real sense of yourself or where you are. Tom Hanks where-you-are real philosophy Every job requires a certain riding of a horse. Tom Hanks riding horse jobs Human beings do things for a reason, even if sometimes it's the wrong reason. Tom Hanks humans reason sometimes The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie. Tom Hanks movie office numbers Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. Tom Hanks movie numbers book There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while. Tom Hanks differences solitude loneliness I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism. Tom Hanks optimism cynicism thinking Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I go to see (a film), I want to be surprised. I want to see something I never expected. And when you get that, it should be celebrated. Tom Hanks bats kind want You don't necessarily go in to talk to the person to try to find some secret key to the lock. Tom Hanks keys secret trying There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything. Tom Hanks los-angeles periods ifs If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay. Tom Hanks make-you-laugh okay laughing
