Quotes from Tom Hanks

Some of the best advice I ever received was "Man, that was terrible".

The prejudice surrounding AIDS exacts a social death which precedes the actual physical one.

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

The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.

Making a film is to make sure that everybody looks forward to coming to work.

I want to have a good time myself. I don't want to dread going to work no matter what the gig is. I think, selfishly, I will make sure that I have a good time; how about that?

Work in the theater is more fun than fun.

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...

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too.

Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.

The prejudice surrounding AIDS exacts a social death which precedes the actual physical one.

Actors with political views are a dime a dozen.

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.

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.