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I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It

I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I dont want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, theres a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly. – Tom Hanks

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Thats whats nice about directing a film and having it done: Theres nothing more I can do about it. Its done. Thats it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it. – Tom Hanks

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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too. – Tom Hanks

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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

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