People go for help, but their lives don’t get better because of those [psychiatric] drugs. They get worse. They feel numb and they’re told that’s a good thing. It’s how you degrade a society – by drugging the piss out of it.
TOM CRUISEI’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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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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Whether it’s making a film or raising my children, personally I’m striving to do the right things and to learn.
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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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What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture, in a scene, they get locked into a particular way to play the scene, and it lacks an immediacy.
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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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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 think if technology is used in a way that is not responsible, that is a bad thing. I think technology and where it is going inevitable, and there’s great benefits that can help an individual in society at large.
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I feel good about the decisions that I made and I’m happy. You know, I’m really happy.
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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 would live with all of my sisters if I could. We’ve always been very close, my sisters and me.
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I don’t care if you print something nasty about me. If it’s true, fine. I don’t care. But just make sure it’s the truth.
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On film Vanilla Sky: You’re going to get the full experience of what love is.
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I’ve gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it’s endurance.
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Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends.
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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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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 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 used to go to Maple Leafs games all the time when Nic shot To Die For here in Toronto. This is a great city. I love it here.
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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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Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
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Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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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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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 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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Where 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.
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