Tom Hanks

"The pleasure of working on film is that you can really concentrate on your craft."

"History is the study of all the world's crime and drama; it's everything put together."

"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more aggressive he becomes."

"We all know how to be babies. If we learned how to be babies, we didn't have to learn anything else."

"You want to have a backup plan, but you don't want to believe in your backup plan."

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."

"The natural thing for every individual is to be active, to work, to do things."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with admitting who you are and what you love to do."

"There's no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"I'm voting for the human race. We've had two thousand years of civilization, let's call it there."

"The key to a great film is a great story and great characters, everything else is secondary."

"I believe in the power of determination and hard work to overcome any obstacle."

"Relationships are based on honesty and trust, without those two things you have nothing."

"Every single thing you do matters because this is your life."

"What it takes to do a job is what it takes to do a job. There's no two ways about it."

"I want to make sure that whatever I do, I'm giving something back."

"The thing that I find most compelling is the human element in stories."

"It's not the destination, it's the journey. Everyone's heard that, but it's true."

"I'm a person who has strong ideas and I'm very outspoken about those ideas."

"The most important thing is that I get to do what I love to do."

"There's a real powerful thing that happens when you realize you're not alone in your struggle."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"You have to believe that things in life are possible. When you do, they seem to happen."

"I always try to remember that it doesn't matter how many times you fail, you only have to succeed once."

"The purpose of art is to bring people together and create understanding."

"I think I'm the same guy that I've always been, but I'm not going to be the same guy I was."

"Education is the single best investment we can make in our future."

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

"I'm always interested in the next thing, the next challenge, the next mountain to climb."

"The best part of acting is that you get to spend your time exploring the human condition."