Hanks, Tom Filmography

• In the Garden of Beasts
  2014, role: producer
• In the Garden of Beasts
  2014, role: actor , character name: William Dodd
• Killing Lincoln
  2013, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• American Gods
  2013, role: producer
• Parkland
  2013, role: producer
• They Marched Into Sunlight
  2013, role: producer
• Saving Mr. Banks
  2013, role: actor , character name: Walt Disney
• Captain Phillips
  2013, role: actor
• Cloud Atlas
  2012, role: actor
• Cloud Atlas
  2012, role: actor
• Cloud Atlas
  2012, role: actor , character name: Hotel Manager
• Cloud Atlas
  2012, role: actor
• Stand Up to Cancer
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Top Priority: The Terror Within
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Academy Award Winning Actor
• The 84th Annual Academy Awards
  2012, role: actor
• Game Change
  2012, role: producer
• Radioman
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Partysaurus Rex
  2012, role: actor , character name: Woody
• Electric City
  2012, role: writer
• Electric City
  2012, role: producer
• The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  2012, role: producer
• The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards
  2012, role: actor
• The Road We've Traveled
  2012, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Cloud Atlas
  2012, role: actor
• Cloud Atlas
  2012, role: actor
• Le voyage extraordinaire
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Larry Crowne
  2011, role: actor
• Hawaiian Vacation
  2011, role: actor , character name: Woody
• Larry Crowne
  2011, role: director
• Larry Crowne
  2011, role: writer
• Saturday Night Live Backstage
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  2011, role: actor
• Small Fry
  2011, role: actor , character name: Woody
• The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
  2011, role: actor
• He Has Seen War
  2011, role: producer
• Rebuild
  2011, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
• Pixar: 25 Magic Moments
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
  2011, role: producer
• Larry Crowne
  2011, role: producer
• Boatlift
  2011, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Toy Story 3
  2010, role: actor , character name: Woody
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Toy Story 3: The Gang's All Here
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Toy Story 3: The Gang's All Here
  2010, role: actor , character name: Woody
• The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
• The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself - Clip Presenter
• Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 8th Annual TV Land Awards
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• My Life in Ruins
  2009, role: producer
• We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Art of Screenplay Adaptation
  2009, role: actor , character name: Forrest Gump
• Streisand: Live in Concert
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Audience
• Where the Wild Things Are
  2009, role: producer
• Angels & Demons
  2009, role: actor
• Getting Past Impossible: Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects Revolution
  2009, role: actor , character name: Forrest Gump
• Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen
  2009, role: actor , character name: Dr. Robert Langdon
• Beyond All Boundaries
  2009, role: producer
• Getting Past Impossible: Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects Revolution
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
  2009, role: producer
• The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
• Beyond All Boundaries
  2009, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Art of Screenplay Adaptation
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Making of 'Charlie Wilson's War'
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 2008 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Great Buck Howard
  2008, role: actor , character name: Mr. Gable
• David McCullough: Painting with Words
  2008, role: producer
• Delivering 'You've Got Mail'
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Great Buck Howard
  2008, role: producer
• Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas
  2008, role: actor
• President Hollywood
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Mamma Mia!
  2008, role: producer
• Sexo en serie
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards
  2008, role: actor
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián
  2008, role: actor
• A Timeless Call
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 80th Annual Academy Awards
  2008, role: actor
• Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Emmy Awards
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 50th Annual Grammy Awards
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• City of Ember
  2008, role: producer
• The Simpsons Movie
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Charlie Wilson's War
  2007, role: actor , character name: Charlie Wilson
• Charlie Wilson's War
  2007, role: producer
• The Pixar Story
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award
• Evan Almighty
  2007, role: producer
• Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Audience Member
• Julia Roberts: An American Cinematheque Tribute
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 79th Annual Academy Awards
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
• Cars
  2006, role: actor
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
  2006, role: actor , character name: Chuck Noland
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
  2006, role: actor
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
  2006, role: actor , character name: Jim Lovell
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
  2006, role: actor , character name: Forrest Gump
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
  2006, role: actor , character name: Jimmy Dugan
• El camino de Antonio Banderas
  2006, role: actor
• The Spider and the Fly
  2006, role: producer
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
  2006, role: actor
• Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank?
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Queen
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Great Hartford Elementary Heist
  2006, role: producer
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Ant Bully
  2006, role: producer
• The Da Vinci Code
  2006, role: actor
• Starter for 10
  2006, role: producer
• The 48th Annual Grammy Awards
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile'
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Moving Image Salutes Ron Howard
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Neil Young: Heart of Gold
  2006, role: producer
• Who Needs Sleep?
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Sci-Fi Boys
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Movie Rush
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 78th Annual Academy Awards
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Cannes 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
  2005, role: writer
• Why Shakespeare?
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
  2005, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz
  2005, role: actor , character name: Various Characters
• We're with the Band
  2005, role: producer
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin
  2005, role: actor
• El oficio de actor
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Earth to America
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• I Love the '90s: Part Deux
  2005, role: actor
• Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
  2005, role: producer
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Ladykillers
  2004, role: actor
• 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments
  2004, role: actor , character name: Various Characters
• Bambi Verleihung 2004
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Boarding: The People of 'The Terminal'
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Die Geschichte des erotischen Films
  2004, role: actor
• Elvis Has Left the Building
  2004, role: actor
• The Polar Express
  2004, role: producer
• Inside 'The Terminal'
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Landing: Airport Stories
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 'Saving Private Ryan': Miller and His Platoon
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Making 'Saving Private Ryan'
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Making a 'Splash'
  2004, role: actor
• 'Saving Private Ryan': Parting Thoughts
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks
  2004, role: actor , character name: Various
• Connie and Carla
  2004, role: producer
• 'Saving Private Ryan': Re-Creating Omaha Beach
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Steven Spielberg: The Man and His Movies
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Take Off: Making 'The Terminal'
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 2004 World Series
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Crowd Member
• World War II Memorial Dedication
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Guest Speaker
• Waiting for the Flight: Building 'The Terminal'
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Terminal
  2004, role: actor , character name: Viktor Navorski
• The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
  2004, role: actor , character name: Interviewee
• The Polar Express
  2004, role: actor , character name: Santa Claus
• The Polar Express
  2004, role: actor , character name: Scrooge
• The Polar Express
  2004, role: actor , character name: Hobo
• The 76th Annual Academy Awards
  2004, role: actor
• The Polar Express
  2004, role: actor , character name: Conductor
• The Polar Express
  2004, role: actor , character name: Father
• The Polar Express
  2004, role: actor , character name: Hero Boy
• My Big Fat Greek Life
  2003, role: producer
• 'Catch Me If You Can': In Closing
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 'Catch Me If You Can': The Casting of the Film
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 75th Annual Academy Awards
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - Past Winner
• Rebels of Oakland: The A's, the Raiders, the '70s
  2003, role: actor
• The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - Audience Member
• People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
  2003, role: actor
• 'Catch Me If You Can': Behind the Camera
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American Cinematheque Tribute
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Heroes... Twenty Years with AIDS Project Los Angeles
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Concert for George
  2003, role: actor , character name: Mountie
• The 14th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - Audience Member
• The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2002, role: actor
• Road to Perdition
  2002, role: actor , character name: Michael Sullivan
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  2002, role: producer
• The Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Celebration
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 74th Annual Academy Awards
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
• Catch Me If You Can
  2002, role: actor , character name: Carl Hanratty
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks
  2002, role: actor , character name: Honoree
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Making of 'Road to Perdition'
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• America: A Tribute to Heroes
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Rescued from the Closet
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
• What Lies Beneath: Constructing the Perfect Thriller
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Wilson: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
• Band of Brothers
  2001, role: actor , character name: British officer
• The Making of 'Cast Away'
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
• The Island
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Orange British Academy Film Awards
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• We Stand Alone Together
  2001, role: producer
• Cast Away
  2000, role: producer
• 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
  2000, role: actor , character name: Presenter
• Behind the Scenes: Cast Away
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Cast Away
  2000, role: actor , character name: Chuck Noland
• Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies
  2000, role: actor
• Shooting War
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Shooting War
  2000, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Shooting War
  2000, role: actor , character name: Host
• The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
  2000, role: actor , character name: Josh
• Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
  2000, role: actor
• Walking the Mile
  2000, role: actor
• West Point
  2000, role: producer
• The 71st Annual Academy Awards
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
• The Green Mile
  1999, role: actor
• Toy Story 2
  1999, role: actor , character name: Woody
• The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
• Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Saturday Night Live 25
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Miracle of 'The Green Mile'
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 25th Annual People's Choice Awards
  1999, role: actor
• The Harryhausen Chronicles
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• You've Got Mail
  1998, role: actor , character name: Joe Fox
• Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan'
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Celebrity Profile
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Return with Honor
  1998, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Return to Normandy
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
  1998, role: actor
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Mike Myers
  1998, role: actor
• Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Saving Private Ryan
  1998, role: actor , character name: Captain Miller
• I Am Your Child
  1997, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself - Accepting Award for Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture
• That Thing You Do!
  1996, role: actor , character name: Mr. White
• The 68th Annual Academy Awards
  1996, role: actor
• 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  1996, role: actor
• The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
• That Thing You Do!
  1996, role: writer
• Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself
• That Thing You Do!
  1996, role: director
• The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards
  1996, role: actor
• The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards
  1996, role: actor
• The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards
  1995, role: actor
• The Celluloid Closet
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 67th Annual Academy Awards
  1995, role: actor
• The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Universal Story
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Siskel & Ebert Interviews
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself - Interviewee
• Barbra: The Concert
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself - Concert Attendee
• Apollo 13
  1995, role: actor , character name: Jim Lovell
• The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
• Toy Story
  1995, role: actor , character name: Woody
• 50 Years of Funny Females
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  1995, role: actor
• Hasty Pudding Awards
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1994, role: actor , character name: Musical
• The 66th Annual Academy Awards
  1994, role: actor
• The Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
  1994, role: actor , character name: Forrest Gump
• 1994 MTV Movie Awards
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner
• Vault of Horror I
  1994, role: actor
• The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1994, role: actor
• Forrest Gump
  1994, role: actor , character name: Forrest Gump
• Vault of Horror I
  1994, role: director
• The Essence Awards
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 65th Annual Academy Awards
  1993, role: actor
• Philadelphia
  1993, role: actor
• Sleepless in Seattle
  1993, role: actor , character name: Sam Baldwin
• The American Film Institute Salute to Sidney Poitier
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself
• A League of Their Own
  1992, role: actor , character name: Jimmy Dugan
• The 64th Annual Academy Awards
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Radio Flyer
  1992, role: actor , character name: Older Mike
• Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash
  1992, role: actor , character name: Peter Jennings
• Best of Saturday Night Live: Special Edition
  1992, role: actor , character name: Various Characters
• The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Bonfire of the Vanities
  1990, role: actor
• The 1990 Annual ShoWest Awards
  1990, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 62nd Annual Academy Awards
  1990, role: actor , character name: Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
• Joe Versus the Volcano
  1990, role: actor , character name: Joe
• The 'Burbs
  1989, role: actor , character name: Ray Peterson
• Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy
• The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1989, role: actor , character name: Musical
• Turner & Hooch
  1989, role: actor
• The 61st Annual Academy Awards
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Big
  1988, role: actor , character name: Josh Baskin
• Punchline
  1988, role: actor
• The 59th Annual Academy Awards
  1987, role: actor
• Dragnet
  1987, role: actor
• Nothing in Common
  1986, role: actor
• The Money Pit
  1986, role: actor
• Every Time We Say Goodbye
  1986, role: actor , character name: David Bradley
• Volunteers
  1985, role: actor
• The Man with One Red Shoe
  1985, role: actor
• Bachelor Party
  1984, role: actor
• Splash
  1984, role: actor
• Mazes and Monsters
  1982, role: actor
• He Knows You're Alone
  1980, role: actor , character name: Elliot

Hanke, Tom Filmography

• The Freedom of the Heart-La Liberté du Coeur
  2012, role: composer
• Displacement
  2010, role: composer

Famous quotes by Tom Hanks:

"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house."

"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."

"If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig."

"My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels / we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight."

"[referring to Apple Computer]"

"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."

"I don't know. People always think that there has got to be a dark side to everyone, a closet with skeletons, demons under the bed. People think all kinds of things about one another. They feel compelled to make up fears and false assumptions about th"

"There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while."

"Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get."

"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great."

"Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour."

"I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism."

"I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important."

"E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it."

"At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'"

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

"Human beings do things for a reason, even if sometimes it's the wrong reason."

"I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent."

"But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time."