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.
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.
More Tom Cruise Quotes
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I’m not greedy. I just want my half.
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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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They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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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’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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I’m someone who doesn’t believe in making my problems other people’s problems.
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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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On film Vanilla Sky: You’re going to get the full experience of what love is.
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I love adventure movies, I just love action adventure films. It’s pure cinema and you go in and you’re lost to it. To me, it’s that challenge – I want to give an audience that ride, that entertainment.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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