Tom Hanks

Film & Theater USA 1956 104 quotes

Everyman in Forrest Gump, Hanks's 'Life is like a box of chocolates' became universally quotable.

Quotes by Tom Hanks

I never had a dream come true until the day that I met you.

Film (Big) 1988

The piano sounds like a very rich person.

Film (Big) 1988

I wish I was big.

Film (Big) 1988

Wilson! I'm sorry!

Film (Cast Away) 2000

I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?

Film (Cast Away) 2000

Check the girl, did she have a chance to pray?

Film (Saving Private Ryan) 1998

Earn this. Earn it.

Film (Saving Private Ryan) 1998

If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining.

Film (Saving Private Ryan) 1998

There's a difference between playing and pretending.

Film (A League of Their Own) 1992

The show must go on.

Film (A League of Their Own) 1992

It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.

Film (A League of Their Own) 1992

Be an expert in something. Be a generalist in everything else.

Speech (Yale Commencement) 2011

Truth is, I just want to make people happy.

Interview (The Late Show) 2016

I don't want to be a piece of furniture in anyone's life.

Interview (Esquire) 2013

Acting is the great art of make-believe.

Interview (NY Times) 2000

The older I get, the more I realize that kindness is the ultimate wisdom.

Book (Uncommon Type) 2017

Some people are born with the gift of gab, and some are born with the gift of silence.

Book (Uncommon Type) 2017

Directing is the ultimate collaboration.

Interview (Directing That Thing You Do) 2011

Politics is show business for ugly people.

Interview (Attributed) 1990

I think the best actors are the ones who can make you laugh and cry in the same breath.

Interview (The Terminal) 2004