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" There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them. "
Tom Hanks
Live
Plants
Enjoy
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" If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch. "
Tom Hanks
Okay
Someone
Need
" As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up. "
Tom Hanks
People
Best
Yourself
" If I was to direct Ron Howard, I guarantee you, I would put him through a living hell every day. I would demand so much of him. We wouldn't quit until he leaves the set crying. Weeping! Spent! "
Tom Hanks
Day
You
Every Day
" 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. "
Tom Hanks
Live
Will
House
" If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great. "
Tom Hanks
Everyone
Would
Makes
" It's just as hard... staying happily married as it is doing movies. "
Tom Hanks
Doing
Movies
Married
" Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if you're seeing the movie, you know it's something different. "
Tom Hanks
Reading
Seeing
You
" I think I'm lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, 'cause my son, my oldest, was born when I was 21. And my youngest is 15 now. He was born when I was 40, you know? "
Tom Hanks
Son
Know
Born
" I think 80 percent of the population are really great, caring people who will help you and tell you the truth. That's just the way it is. And I think 20 percent of the population are crooks and liars. It's just a fact. "
Tom Hanks
People
Caring
Think
" Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day. "
Tom Hanks
Driving
Think
Respect
" 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
Hope
People
Nothing
" The same way that I know that I'll never do a movie as good or as celebrated as 'Forrest Gump,' I know that I'll never do a movie as bad as 'Bonfire of the Vanities.' "
Tom Hanks
Bad
Good
Never
" My doctor said, 'If you can weigh what you weighed in high school, you'll essentially be healthy and not have Type 2 diabetes.' Well, I'm gonna have Type 2 diabetes, because there is no way I can weigh as much as I did in high school. "
Tom Hanks
School
Doctor
High School
" If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay. "
Tom Hanks
Funny
You
Okay
" There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now and then, you have to swab the deck. But, no, it is a very impressive group of young people that live at sea, in this place that's very uncomfortable. They exude a pride that is well-deserved. "
Tom Hanks
Sail
Pride
People
" I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good. "
Tom Hanks
Good
Made
Them
" I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly. "
Tom Hanks
Business
You
World
" I think it's better to feel good than to look good. "
Tom Hanks
Better
Look
Feel Good
" Actors with political views are a dime a dozen. "
Tom Hanks
Political Views
Dime
Political
" There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while. "
Tom Hanks
I Can
Understand
Solitude
" It just so happens that my body type and my lifestyle gives me a preclusion for high blood sugars. "
Tom Hanks
Blood
Me
Lifestyle
" I always wanted to play Lestrade of Scotland Yard 'cause he's a buffoon that gets to wear a uniform. I thought that would be fun. "
Tom Hanks
Uniform
Always
Fun
" I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all. "
Tom Hanks
Kind
You
Will
" As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out. "
Tom Hanks
I Am
Waiting
Run
" By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, 'Let's ratchet it up.' And I always think, 'We don't need to ratchet this up.' If you do, don't call it 'Captain Phillips' or 'The Maersk Alabama.' Call it something else, and then you have carte blanche to do anything, down to sea serpents and aliens. "
Tom Hanks
Need
Pictures
Sea
" A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown. "
Tom Hanks
Hero
Who
Walks
" 'Forrest Gump' was great, it was fabulous. It lasted much longer than anybody thought, and brought me a degree of attention that no human being on the face of the planet deserves. "
Tom Hanks
Attention
Face
Great
" If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig. "
Tom Hanks
You
Star
Good
" May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live. "
Tom Hanks
Live
Want
Long
" The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and they're all driven by the possibilities of CGI, which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire. "
Tom Hanks
You
Possibilities
Nature