I didn’t become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.
TOM CRUISEHere’s how I’ve lived my life: I’ve never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.
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I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and talented, and we can problem solve together.
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I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
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I’ve been… chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don’t know what it’s like being chased by them.
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I love adventure movies, I just love action adventure films. It’s pure cinema and you go in and you’re lost to it. To me, it’s that challenge – I want to give an audience that ride, that entertainment.
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It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
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Today, people can say anything they want. Suddenly it gets in the rumor mill and then it evolves and then somehow it becomes fact and you say, What is this? You know, why don’t you ask me?
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I’ll never forget the moment I became a dad. It’s hard to describe-that level of responsibility, the desire to give such joy, the clarity: Nothing is more important than this.
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When I’m promoting a film, I’m not going to get caught up in anything else, and that includes all my personal things.
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If someone wants to know about Scientology, they should just go and read about it themselves. That’s the best way to do it.
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Of course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
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Here’s how I’ve lived my life: I’ve never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.
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I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. ‘If there’s no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.’ That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that.
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I don’t hide from cameras or anything. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t seek our press for the women I’m dating, but if it finds me, it finds me.
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Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends.
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I kept looking [at Katie] and thinking, ‘This woman’s amazing.’ I’m happy that I’m with her. She’s amazing, and I’d think the same of her even if she wasn’t with me – she’s just amazing.
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When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that.
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I’m someone who doesn’t believe in making my problems other people’s problems.
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When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you’re either going to sink or you’re going to swim.
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I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
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Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident… you know you have to do something about it because you know you’re the only one that can really help.
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Awards are wonderful. I’ve been nominated many times and I’ve won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn’t, it’s still been a blast.
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On film Vanilla Sky: You’re going to get the full experience of what love is.
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Stanley Kubrick was brilliant at getting under the audience’s skin. He was very interested in the idea of, ‘How can I tell this with just a camera?’
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There is Life in every breath.
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Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality.
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I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We’ve always been very close, my sisters and me.
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