I start at square one with every role. If I let myself feel pressure, it would crush me. The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie. Sometimes that's a palpable thing, but other times it's not. No actor has control of that. All you can control is your own passion for doing the work in the first place.

Dear God, thank you for my life. I forgot how big and wonderful it is.

All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.

The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.

All the kids are gone. It's the greatest thing that has ever happened to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hanks. I'll tell you that right now. Second greatest after having the kids in the first place. When they go, holy smoke, it's like you're dating again. It's fantastic. Also, we were doing an awful lot of work.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.