If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment. – Tom Hanks
Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are. – Tom Hanks
And Im not apolitical – Im very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time its nobodys business unless youre over at my house having dinner. – Tom Hanks
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, somethings going to happen! Lets just keep trying. Lets not give up. – Tom Hanks
I hate it when people dont recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to mens work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal – mens writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context. – Ani DiFranco