Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day. Tom Hanks More Quotes by Tom Hanks More Quotes From Tom Hanks Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait until it comes across my desk. Tom Hanks falling-in-love waiting men I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.' Tom Hanks back-when fantasy islands 'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice. Tom Hanks advice jobs giving There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movie. Tom Hanks movie tree wind I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good. Tom Hanks made I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent. Tom Hanks political leader country But actors with political views are a dime a dozen. Tom Hanks dimes political views And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner. Tom Hanks apolitical dinner house E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it. Tom Hanks introvert phones mail As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up. Tom Hanks optimistic giving-up moving This is what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. Tom Hanks storyteller imagination order Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball. Tom Hanks cry league baseball There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them. Tom Hanks land animal people There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of the population that are able to keep a story in their head and fight all the battles against self-consciousness and the surreal unnaturalness of acting in a movie. The technical aspects you can learn fairly quickly. Tom Hanks fighting self people The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever. Tom Hanks blessed forever people Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice. Tom Hanks hero people thinking When I was 21 years old, I had a job playing Santa Claus in a shopping centre in Sacramento. I was rail thin, so it's not like I was a traditional Santa Claus even then. I had a square stomach; that was the shape of the sofa cushion that I had stuffed into my pants. Tom Hanks shopping jobs years When I work, a lot of times I have to lose weight, and I do that, but in my regular life I was not eating right, and I was not getting enough exercise. But by the nature of my diet and that lifestyle - boom! The end result was high blood sugars that reach the levels where it becomes Type 2 diabetes. I share that with a gajillion other people. Tom Hanks type-2-diabetes exercise blood The same way that I know that I'll never do a movie as good or as celebrated as 'Forrest Gump,' I know that I'll never do a movie as bad as 'Bonfire of the Vanities.' Tom Hanks forrest-gump vanity way I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. Tom Hanks military war kids
