I don't think I would. Because I think that at some point — look, I didn't think things were going to be this way last November. I would not have been able to imagine that we would be living in a country where neo-Nazis are doing torchlight parades in Charlottesville [ Va. ] and jokes about Pocahontas are being made in front of the Navajo code talkers. And individually we have to decide when we take to the ramparts, you don't take to the ramparts necessarily right away, but you do have to start weighing things. You may think : ‘ You know what ? I think now is the time. ’ This is the moment where, in some ways, our personal choices are going to have to reflect our opinions. We have to start voting, actually, before the election. So, I would probably vote not to go.

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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.

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I was never intimidated by change. I was like an army brat who ha... by Tom Hanks

I was never intimidated by change. I was like an army brat who had lived all around the world.

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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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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.

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I have faith that a script is going to hit me like a ton of bricks, and when that happens, it's undeniable that I should choose the role.

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I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in... by Tom Hanks

I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in the toss-up category.

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If I stopped having passion, I'd be done. by Tom Hanks

If I stopped having passion, I'd be done.

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We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater.

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I hope my kids understand that they're not operating in a normal world. And yet there are principles they have to adhere to that are normal - like decency, choosing between right and wrong, and honesty. That's important stuff, whether you're flying first-class or not.

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Most people want to be able to go off and deal with their day - stop in here, run errands there - and when you can't do that, going out becomes a chore.

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I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Yet I have a reputation for being cooperative with the press. That's because when I do give an interview, I'm willing to tell the truth about what I do for a living and how goofy it is sometimes - and how volatile it can also be.

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My son is a gentleman and a professional who is pursuing something difficult. Yet the only thing he has ever asked me for is advice - never favors. He has just said, "What do you think I should do, Dad?" It's extraordinary to me that my son would listen to and have faith in whatever wisdom I can offer.

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The easiest thing to do is to rag on the media, because it isn't doing a very good job right now. It is so much easier to profit from celebrating the worst aspects of ourselves. Acting strikes me as the antithesis of that. We can examine the worst aspects of ourselves, but we don't have to celebrate them.

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My work is really a blast. When it stops being a blast, then it a... by Tom Hanks

My work is really a blast. When it stops being a blast, then it ain't no fun no more!

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.

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Without question, we make choices - and those choices have consequences. So can you control your own destiny? To a degree, certainly. Must you have faith in serendipity? Without question, you'd better. Otherwise you're foolish.

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People ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won'... by Tom Hanks

People ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won't know until my kids are grown.

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I would like to think I've reflected the audience's lives somehow, though it's in this big, false, glamorous arena of movies. I hope people see themselves somehow up on the screen.

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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...

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All that most parents hope is that their children are happy, funny, well adjusted, and have a passion for something in their lives. What would negate everything is if the next generation that we're responsible for has a passionless existence. And that's cause for occasional sleepless nights.

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