Making a film is to make sure that everybody looks forward to coming to work. Tom Hanks More Quotes by Tom Hanks More Quotes From Tom Hanks The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures. Tom Hanks storiesadventurecharacter If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman in your 60s, and maybe a Spider-Man in your 70s. Tom Hanks spidersgood-manmen I've made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I'm the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you're the boss, if it ain't good, you don't use it. You just cut it out. Tom Hanks cuttingorderyears 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." Tom Hanks disasterwake-upunhappy The average movie set is the least political arena on Earth. Nobody bothers talking about politics because, one, we all love the job so much. You don't talk about current events. You talk about old show business stories and whether or not there's gonna be French onion dip at the craft services table that day. Tom Hanks averagetalkingjobs I have high blood sugars, and Type 2 diabetes is not going to kill me. But I just have to eat right, and exercise, and lose weight, and watch what I eat, and I will be fine for the rest of my life. Tom Hanks type-2-diabetesexerciseblood The prejudice surrounding AIDS exacts a social death which precedes the actual physical one. Tom Hanks aidsphiladelphiaprejudice You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos. Tom Hanks starsmoonromantic 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. Tom Hanks let-it-gonicepeople I just know that every man I kill the farther away from home I feel. Tom Hanks saving-private-ryanhomemen Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal. Tom Hanks movie-makingtechnologystories If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig. Tom Hanks movieinspiringjobs And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery. Tom Hanks collegeplayopportunity 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. Tom Hanks fabulouscollegeworld Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes. Tom Hanks saying-yespowerfulinspirational We are all God's animated cartoons. Tom Hanks animatedcartoon I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope... I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. Im back... Because now i know what I have to do now. I have to keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? Tom Hanks breathingone-dayhere-i-am I don't ask for much. I don't ask to be rich, and I don't ask to be famous, and I don't ask to play center field for the New York Yankees. I just want to get married and have a wife, and a house, and I want to have a kid, and I want to go see him be a tooth in the school play! Tom Hanks moneynew-yorkschool Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if you're seeing the movie, you know it's something different. Tom Hanks scriptsdifferentreading If they could offer up a way to go to the moon that wouldn't kill you, I'd sign up. Tom Hanks offersmoonway
