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I've been doing a pale imitation of Bill Murray for most of my career.
Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 9
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What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They're not just mythic heroes.
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And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery.
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Help and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.
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I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in the toss-up category.
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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 only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time.
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