Colin Hanks Quotes

I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.

But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye.

I'm the quiet bass player.

Some people receive medication in order to properly deliver films.

I think Robitussin is way underrated.

I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as well stick with my birth name.

You learn stuff from your kids, every day.

You could make a film about being intoxicated only when you're riding motorcycles, but really when you're in an enclosed space safely, you can.

The only entry level position on a movie is director.

I've always really been a fan of scenes in which you're able to be as natural as you want.

There is a part of me that is desperately wanting to not necessarily be this cute, endearing, heart-on-his-sleeve type of character that just wants to be liked.

I'm a big comedy nerd, so I'm always looking for the chance to be funny.

I love working with actors. I grew up with a lot of actors. All my friends are actors. I love that process.

I come from a visual background. I used to work in the camera department at Warner Bros. when I was a teenager. I grew up dusting lenses and learning about photography.

I never had any idea that I would have a career quite honestly. You never really have any idea what is going to happen. You have an idea of what you would like to happen.

I always want to be able to be in a room where I know I'm going to be entertained and challenged.

I pretty much know that directing means that you have to answer about a thousand questions every day and you have to answer them quick.

Honestly, the two main things that I always look for is, when I read the script for the first time, do I read it quickly? Because if I read it quick, that's an important telltale sign.

I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up.

If I could spend more months out of the year employed than unemployed, that would be nice.

Everyone in my industry, the movie industry, is looking at the music industry and going, 'How do we avoid that collapse?' And I don't know if you can, to be quite honest!

I'm trying to be really coy, and I'm not sure if I'm doing a good job.

I was in two very horrible bands.

If I can be a working actor, if I can be an actor and not have a day job, I'll be fine.

I'm always constantly trying to find stuff that's different. It's a way to keep me on my toes and keep me interested and keep me excited about work.

To be quite honest, I'm not religious.

When it comes down to it, I just want to work.

I guess maybe someone at 'Dexter' saw the 'Mad Men' stuff and thought, 'He can do this.'

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode.

I like to look at scenarios and see how people interact with each other. That's why I'm an actor because I try to recreate that. Since our daughter joined us the spectrum has widened.

I would love to be able to get behind the camera and direct actors. I think that would be a lot of fun.

I'm really fascinated with anything that takes place between the 1920s up through the 1960s. In some ways it feels familiar, and in other ways it feels like it's from another planet.

I did plays in grade school.

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse.

My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I've made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do.