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I have gone through so many e...

I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the astronaut stuff.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

Repertory theater is all abou...

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

Without question, we make cho...

Without question, we make choices - and those choices have consequences. So can you control your own destiny? To a degree, certainly. Must you have faith in serendipity? Without question, you'd better. Otherwise you're foolish.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

It's not a mid-life crisis. I...

It's not a mid-life crisis. It's a mid-life disaster. A mid-life crisis is when you wake up with everything and you go "I have everything but I'm still unhappy."

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

Back in World War II, we view...

Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?

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If I have no connection with ...

If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.

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All directors should have to ...

All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.

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We are still in the position ...

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?

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

Every job requires a certain ...

Every job requires a certain riding of a horse.

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Life was like a box of chocol...

Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

If you can feel like a good m...

If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman in your 60s, and maybe a Spider-Man in your 70s.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

My job has always been to hol...

My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

There's a small percentage of...

There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of the population that are able to keep a story in their head and fight all the battles against self-consciousness and the surreal unnaturalness of acting in a movie. The technical aspects you can learn fairly quickly.

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I think I'm lucky that I had ...

I think I'm lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, 'cause my son, my oldest, was born when I was 21. And my youngest is 15 now. He was born when I was 40, you know?

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I've talked to a number of ac...

I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds.

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If there are nine guys auditi...

If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.

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There isn't any great mystery...

There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

If you look at romantic comed...

If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

Larger-than-life characters m...

Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

My wife keeps on telling me m...

My wife keeps on telling me my worst fault is that I keep things to myself and appear relaxed. But I am really in a room in my own head and not hearing a thing anyone is saying.

Tom Hanks 204 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....