Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and think, 'Oh yeah, that's what I'd do...' yeah, that's what I look for.
Tom HanksMy wife keeps on telling me my worst fault is that I keep things to myself and appear relaxed. But I am really in a room in my own head and not hearing a thing anyone is saying.
Tom HanksAll 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.
Tom HanksThe pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.
Tom HanksI am a lay historian by nature. I seek out an empirical reflection of what truth is. I sort of want dates and motivations and I want the whole story. But I've always felt, unconsciously, that all human history is that connection from person to person to person, event to event to event, and from idea to idea.
Tom Hanks