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I Am A Lay Historian By Nature. I Seek Out An Empirical Reflection Of What Truth Is. I Sort Of Want Dates And Motivations And I Want The Whole Story. But I've Always Felt, Unconsciously, That All Human History Is That Connection From Person To Person To Person, Event To Event To Event, And From Idea To Idea.

There's This Misconception That The Navy Is This Cruise Ship, And You Get To Go Out And Sail Around, And Every Now And Then, You Have To Swab The Deck. But, No, It Is A Very Impressive Group Of Young People That Live At Sea, In This Place That's Very Uncomfortable. They Exude A Pride That Is Well-deserved.

I've Made Quite A Number Of Movies Like Castaway And A Few Others Where I'm The Only Guy In The Movie And The Only Place To Be Is Right Next To The Camera In Costume Ready To Go In Order To Get It. The Years, And More Specifically Probably The Four Months Prior To Beginning Shooting, Is Where The Big Preparation Is That The Director Does Because I Knew We Were Going To Get On The Set. And The Good News Is, If You're The Boss, If It Ain't Good, You Don't Use It. You Just Cut It Out.

For Some People, I Will Be Forrest Gump For The Rest Of My Life. But That's Ok; That's A Good Thing.

I Think 80 Percent Of The Population Are Really Great, Caring People Who Will Help You And Tell You The Truth. That's Just The Way It Is. And I Think 20 Percent Of The Population Are Crooks And Liars. It's Just A Fact.