I don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.
TOM CRUISEWhen you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that.
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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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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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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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But I think also you look at Scientology it is the fastest growing religion. It’s helped so many people.
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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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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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Of course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
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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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Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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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 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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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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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.
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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’m someone who doesn’t believe in making my problems other people’s problems.
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