Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in Splash, Big, Turner & Hooch, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail, The Green Mile, Cast Away, The Da Vinci Code, Captain Phillips, and Saving Mr. Banks, as well as for his voice work in the animated Toy Story series and The Polar Express...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 July 1956
CityConcord, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We are all God's animated cartoons.
There's no substitute for a great love who says, 'No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.
I am who I am, and I think I have a good nature, by and large. But if someone takes advantage of that good nature, well then, you know, I'm not that nice a guy.
The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are.
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.'
There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.
If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.
But the battles against loneliness that I fought when I was 16 are very different from those I fought when I was 27, and those are very different from the ones I fight at 44.
I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.'
But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's by way of injustice, sometimes it's by way of fate. There's an infinite number of ways to examine it.
I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me.
If they could offer up a way to go to the moon that wouldn't kill you, I'd sign up.
Every job requires a certain riding of a horse.
When you're on the open sea and you drop 10, 12 feet and your stomach goes up around your neck - that's when you have problems.