When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you’re either going to sink or you’re going to swim.
TOM CRUISEBeing 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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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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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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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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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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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’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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I’ve never done work for money, ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn’t do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.
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There is Life in every breath.
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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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Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends.
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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 don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.
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