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Even the simplest choice can make a jaw-dropping difference in our world.

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Tom Hanks
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 9
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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
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I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Yet I have a reputation for being cooperative with the press. That's because when I do give an interview, I'm willing to tell the truth about what I do for a living and how goofy it is sometimes - and how volatile it can also be.
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The Toy Story films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures.
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I have faith that a script is going to hit me like a ton of bricks, and when that happens, it's undeniable that I should choose the role.
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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!
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We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?
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A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people.
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There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.
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If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.
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My work is really a blast. When it stops being a blast, then it ain't no fun no more!
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I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.
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It was incredibly cheesy set with torches [TV's Survivor] - it looked like the lobby of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. And here as some guy pulling names out of a coconut, and I said, 'This is the thing that has made American mass media stop in their tracks?
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Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.
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Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice.
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I was never intimidated by change. I was like an army brat who had lived all around the world.
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I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'
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As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.
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