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.

I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me.

I'm not saying I'm not bummed if a movie doesn't do well, but that isn't the final analysis of whether it's any good.

Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball.

I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'

The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.

I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.