There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail aro...
TOM HANKS Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema...
TOM HANKS Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards,...
TOM HANKS I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to ...
COLIN HANKS I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
TOM HANKS 'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. Wha...
TOM HANKS 'Lucky' is for laughs, and there's really nothing funny that I'm doing on 'Dexte...
COLIN HANKS The same way that I know that I'll never do a movie as good or as celebrated as 'Forrest Gum...
TOM HANKS I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.'
TOM HANKS May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.
TOM HANKS My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels -- we know t...
TOM HANKS My TV show had been cancelled; nothing else had gone anywhere; some alliances I had made petered out...
TOM HANKS I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I m...
COLIN HANKS You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up t...
TOM HANKS No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks do...
COLIN HANKS By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, 'Let's ratchet it up.' And I a...
TOM HANKS The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in thi...
TOM HANKS If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment...
TOM HANKS A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.
TOM HANKS When I was 21 years old, I had a job playing Santa Claus in a shopping centre in Sacramento. I was r...
TOM HANKS I have high blood sugars, and Type 2 diabetes is not going to kill me. But I just have to eat right,...
TOM HANKS When I work, a lot of times I have to lose weight, and I do that, but in my regular life I was not e...
TOM HANKS Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics...
TOM HANKS There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot...
TOM HANKS I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the a...
TOM HANKS If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeo...
TOM HANKS And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's no...
TOM HANKS Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there i...
TOM HANKS Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. W...
TOM HANKS I think 80 percent of the population are really great, caring people who will help you and tell you ...
TOM HANKS The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and they're all driven by the ...
TOM HANKS Actors with political views are a dime a dozen.
TOM HANKS One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six...
TOM HANKS Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there’s l...
TOM HANKS I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn...
TOM HANKS Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.
TOM HANKS He has confessed to setting out these poisons. I told him it was grossly irresponsible and I also to...
KEN HANKS What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a...
TOM HANKS We don't have a host and it's hard to vote yourself off the island when you're the only one on it.
TOM HANKS If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.
TOM HANKS At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it'...
TOM HANKS I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bas...
COLIN HANKS When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and t...
TOM HANKS I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want any...
TOM HANKS I am who I am, and I think I have a good nature, by and large. But if someone takes advantage of tha...
TOM HANKS I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me.
TOM HANKS But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by ...
TOM HANKS But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very represent...
TOM HANKS I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the i...
COLIN HANKS It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap you...
TOM HANKS My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing ...
TOM HANKS Keep in my mind my dad didn't become a huge, huge mega actor until I was halfway through high sc...
COLIN HANKS ...childish, selfish, immature - that's right, I am. But do you know how much money I make for think...
TOM HANKS Acting still rings my bell as much as it did in high school. Plus, I can now indulge my interests as...
TOM HANKS Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
TOM HANKS Who knows what I would have ended up doing with my time if it wasn't for Mr. Farnsworth.
TOM HANKS The Polar Express.
TOM HANKS That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it...
TOM HANKS I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not...
TOM HANKS If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman ...
TOM HANKS as realistic as possible.
TOM HANKS I have just two questions: What will be the mission? And can I go?
TOM HANKS Well, ... the question would be why?
TOM HANKS Once humankind has been some place and found it entrancing, they always go back, ... I think in the ...
TOM HANKS There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to...
TOM HANKS Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it wa...
TOM HANKS I don't know. People always think that there has got to be a dark side to everyone, a closet with sk...
TOM HANKS My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels / we know th...
TOM HANKS The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essent...
TOM HANKS My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.
TOM HANKS I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I go...
TOM HANKS President Kennedy: Congratulations. How do you feel?
Forrest Gump: I gotta pee.
TOM HANKS My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's...
TOM HANKS If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.
TOM HANKS [referring to Apple Computer]
He got me invested in some kinda fruit company.
TOM HANKS It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head a...
TOM HANKS You guys should do a story on the tuxedo wars that go on if you're nominated,
TOM HANKS E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone aw...
TOM HANKS [It's not like the brass ring has been completely out of reach. Besides the buzz that surrounded] Ra...
TOM HANKS As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you c...
TOM HANKS The shading and the light and its starting to look crisp and clean it looks surreal and real, it had...
TOM HANKS There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a mo...
TOM HANKS There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movi...
TOM HANKS As a boy I'd often spend my days biking on riverbeds and arroyos and come home exhausted. I realize ...
TOM HANKS From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided...
TOM HANKS There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk f...
TOM HANKS I think I'm lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, 'cause my son, my oldest, ...
TOM HANKS A baby's existence for the first three months is a one-way street. One person is doing all the w...
COLIN HANKS Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.
TOM HANKS If I was to direct Ron Howard, I guarantee you, I would put him through a living hell every day. I w...
TOM HANKS You learn more from getting your butt kicked than getting it kissed.
TOM HANKS Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the charac...
TOM HANKS There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do t...
TOM HANKS I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes....
COLIN HANKS There's millions of survivors out there; make it one million and one.
TOM HANKS It's very important for the real estate community, as well, to have good schools. Overall, you might...
DENIS HANKS Over the last year, the foundation has had many discussions about what to do with that Cedarville la...
DENIS HANKS It's hard to say if companies would leave, but attracting companies in would be an issue, if they se...
DENIS HANKS It's a very important issue to the community and the business community.
DENIS HANKS Plymouth has 62,000 acres of land, of which 26,000 acres are tax exempt. Creating a more diverse tax...
DENIS HANKS Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worrie...
TOM HANKS Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.
TOM HANKS Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and...
COLIN HANKS I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical ...
TOM HANKS The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.
TOM HANKS Always stand up for what yo believe in... even if it means standing alone.
KIM HANKS I remember the first time he saw 'Saving Private Ryan,' ... That was special to him because of his n...
TOM HANKS Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Spe...
MARION D. HANKS When the sun rises in the morning and sets in the night. When the moon comes into sight from the eas...
CHRIS Love that never stoped. That grew with each tear drop, with each fight. With endless nights talking ...
CHRIS Only true love will make it through the wicked world.
CHRIS Curiosity killed the cat, then it came back eight more times to try it again.
CHRIS Almost the entire world is asleep. Those who are awake live in constant amazement.
TOM HANKS, JOE VS. THE VOLCANO I have my own demons and dark moods. It's weird.
CHRIS ROCK Go out and find a copy of 'The Shrinking Of Treehorn' and its sequel, 'Treehorn's Tr...
CHRIS RIDDELL I find the ritual of shaving very relaxing, but for every day, it's pretty irritating on my skin...
CHRIS PINE I had a beard way before it was fashionable.
CHRIS STAPLETON Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.
CHRIS JERICHO For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very prou...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I'd like to think I'm a normal sort of guy, but go to my mum and she'll probably say, &#...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at ...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH Being a superhero is a lot of fun.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH My daughter is full energy, like my wife and I, and strong-minded and has an opinion, like we do. An...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH Strong female leads are important.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH Growing up I always loved films that transport you to another world and has things you never see in ...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It'...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I'm for comfort, not for style.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I like to explore things.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors ...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I put the costume on and said 'It's not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,' so it&#...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH As a kid, I loved any fantasy.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I feel like I'm ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hamm...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a mi...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH First time I looked at a Formula One car in person, I just stared at the cockpit, figuring I'd n...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for ot...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH For me, life is about experience and being a good person.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York ...
CHRIS PAUL The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a cer...
CHRIS PINE I've always been the type of guy that wants to change, adapt and morph from year to year.
CHRIS JERICHO If my son is happy, then I am happy.
CHRIS PAUL I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot.
CHRIS ROCK The thing that surprised me the most is just how much money women that weren't rich were paying ...
CHRIS ROCK Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the res...
CHRIS ROCK If you properly clean a room, it gets dirtier before it gets cleaner.
CHRIS ROCK Jokes rot. They're not like songs. I always envy singers - Sting is always going to sing 'Ro...
CHRIS ROCK Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.
CHRIS ROCK Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjo...
CHRIS ROCK When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at th...
CHRIS ROCK I'll go back to comedy clubs when they get a real no-camera policy, the same way they did with s...
CHRIS ROCK Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star o...
CHRIS ROCK You can only offend me if you mean something to me.
CHRIS ROCK You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.
CHRIS ROCK I'm severely overrated. I'm just above a hack. That should be the name of my new DVD: 'C...
CHRIS ROCK Now that I have children, I realize taking care of my children is more fun than anything in the whol...
CHRIS ROCK Show me one guy or woman as funny as Rodney Dangerfield or as good as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, ...
CHRIS ROCK If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she'...
CHRIS ROCK Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver cou...
CHRIS ROCK The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except...
CHRIS CORNELL Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.
CHRIS LOWE I used to hang out with grandfather all the time because he used to pick me up from school sometimes...
CHRIS ROCK There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.
CHRIS FUSSELL The 21st century is dominated by networks because the introduction of the information age, we can su...
CHRIS FUSSELL I think the western is about people in harsh places trying to tame an unfriendly wilderness. Because...
CHRIS PINE I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen,...
CHRIS EVANS I don't appreciate Internet cyber bullying at all. It's not fair. With me, it gets hard beca...
CHRIS STOKES Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But th...
CHRIS BROWN The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that rea...
CHRIS PINE It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I've never seen before in any other fo...
CHRIS MILK It's like, hmm, there's people with $2000 weaves that could have bought health care with tha...
CHRIS ROCK We all live in a universe in which we're either asked to or are forced to accept certain premise...
CHRIS PAVONE Now I'm confused. Now I don't know what I want.
CHRIS KIRKPATRICK I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes ba...
CHRIS PINE I'd like my super power to be puns; I'd like to be great at puns: pun power. Then I could go...
CHRIS O'DOWD I would love to close my eyes and see myself with my girlfriend when we're 99 years old and I ha...
CHRIS MESSINA Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to ...
CHRIS PINE In any bureaucracy, there's a natural tendency to let the system become an excuse for inaction.
CHRIS FUSSELL A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, act...
CHRIS JERICHO There are a lot of similarities between dancing and wrestling. The costumes are the same, the spande...
CHRIS JERICHO The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so gr...
CHRIS EVANS I play Texas Hold'em on my Blackberry. I have amassed a fortune on that. I have almost 30 millio...
CHRIS CORNELL I am just pitifully nostalgic. I can't help but roll my eyes at myself frequently. I mean, I sti...
CHRIS LOWELL If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath a...
CHRIS CORNELL The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also...
CHRIS HEDGES Just remember,' a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel told me as he strapped his pistol belt under his a...
CHRIS HEDGES There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power ...
CHRIS HEDGES I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percenta...
CHRIS CHRISTIE I'm much more starstruck by athletes than I am by actors, and I think I saw Kobe Bryant at a bas...
CHRIS EVANS I was in the room when Sundar convinced Eric Schmidt that it would be possible to unseat Internet Ex...
CHRIS SACCA I drew a lot of inspiration from the Ginuwines, the Ushers, the Michael Jacksons, the James Browns, ...
CHRIS BROWN I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so ...
CHRIS HARDWICK While the liberal media elite depict the bowler as a chubby guy with a comb-over and polyester pants...
CHRIS HARDWICK Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of...
CHRIS HARDWICK Bowling is all physics and energy distribution. It's F = ma. So it is actually one of the most s...
CHRIS HARDWICK Some people fast, some people go on a cruise or visit a day spa. I get out in the woods with a rifle...
CHRIS PRATT