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.
TOM CRUISEWhen 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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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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As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, “This is what I love doing, and I hope I’m going to be able to do it forever.”
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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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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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When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind 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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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 don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.
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They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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I’m someone who doesn’t believe in making my problems other people’s problems.
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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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But I think also you look at Scientology it is the fastest growing religion. It’s helped so many people.
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Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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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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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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