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.
TOM CRUISEWhere 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.
More Tom Cruise Quotes
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When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you’re either going to sink or you’re going to swim.
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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’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’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 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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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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They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.
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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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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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It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
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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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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’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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Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.
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