I’m a good listener. I think it’s the one characteristic that’s most important. I’ve always been that way. Not that I take all the advice, but you’ve got to listen to it and have the courage to make your own decision. Then I just go for it.
TOM CRUISEWhere do I get my seriousness? You can’t help but grow up fast when your parents get divorced. You see your mother go to get food stamps and she’s making fifty dollars too much to get them, with four kids to support.
More Tom Cruise Quotes
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I’m not greedy. I just want my half.
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On film Vanilla Sky: You’re going to get the full experience of what love is.
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Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
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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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Every time I make a “Mission” movie or other films, people kind of look at me and go, “Well, now what? What’s next?” I think there’s always going to be another mountain. I think there’s something always in store.
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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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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.
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But I think also you look at Scientology it is the fastest growing religion. It’s helped so many people.
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There is Life in every breath.
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I don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.
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It’s well known I’m a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it’s something that has given me great stability and tools that I use.
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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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Sex is great, if you are in a relationship. Otherwise, I find sex actually not so interesting. Without a relationship it is confusing.
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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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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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