I Know What I Have To Do

All The Kids Are Gone. It's The Greatest Thing That Has Ever Happened To Mr. And Mrs. Tom Hanks. I'll Tell You That Right Now. Second Greatest After Having The Kids In The First Place. When They Go, Holy Smoke, It's Like You're Dating Again. It's Fantastic. Also, We Were Doing An Awful Lot Of Work.

Now, Learning How To Make A Movie Is Something You Can Figure Out In About An Afternoon. The Physics Of It, The Marks, The Lights, Etc. What's Hard To Do Is To Suspend Your Own Feelings Of Self Consciousness. The Natural Actors Can Do That; They Can Become Part Of A Characterization And Learn How To Maintain It.

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.

There Was A Period Of Time In Los Angeles When I Wondered If I Was Just Going To Lose Everything.

There's Such An Advantage To Being Involved In The Day-to-day Details Of Each Other's Lives. It's A Marvelous Fabric To Exist In.