Tom Hanks Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.

  Tom Hanks

  Nice, People, Let It Go

• Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

  Tom Hanks

  Movie, Book, Numbers

  "Fictional character: Forrest Gump". "Forrest Gump", www.imdb.com. 1994.

• As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good.

  Tom Hanks

  Men, Play, Two

• A story has the opportunity to enlighten us, because as we connect the extraordinary moments on film with the ordinary moments of our lives, we ask ourselves, "What am I going to do the next time I'm scared? What would it be like to say goodbye to my family for the last time?"

  Tom Hanks

  Goodbye, Opportunity, Extraordinary Moments

• I love my family and I love my kids, but when the moments come, it's not as though you can just substitute your own life with what you're doing on film. You have to go to some other place where it's bigger than your own life.

  Tom Hanks

  Kids, I Love My Family, Film

  "Tom Hanks Talks CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Meeting the Real Title Character, Filming on a Lifeboat, Shooting the Movie’s Final Scene and Working with the U.S. Navy". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 8, 2013.

• The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures.

  Tom Hanks

  Adventure, Character, Stories

• The filmmakers aren't running the studios anymore. Sometimes people who like films are making them, but by and large, they have to go report quarterly earnings and all that stuff. The competition is so huge that it's very hard to get people to show up to see any movie in the theater, much less an original one that isn't a version of something else they saw.

  Tom Hanks

  Running, People, Competition

  "Tom Hanks and Halle Berry Talk CLOUD ATLAS, Playing Multiple Roles, Moving Between Directors and Time Periods, Fear of Failure and the Collaborative Process". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 23, 2012.

• Making a film is to make sure that everybody looks forward to coming to work.

  Tom Hanks

  Looks, Film

• Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I go to see (a film), I want to be surprised. I want to see something I never expected. And when you get that, it should be celebrated.

  Tom Hanks

  Bats, Want, Kind

• The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.

  Tom Hanks

  Film, Type, Capture

  Press conference: Tom Hanks and Bob Zemeckis (Polar Express), www.chud.com. November 9, 2004.

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