Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?

There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movie.

No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay.

There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.

A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people.

I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.

Work in the theater is more fun than fun.