I don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.
TOM CRUISEWhat 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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Where 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.
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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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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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I feel good about the decisions that I made and I’m happy. You know, I’m really happy.
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I’m someone who doesn’t believe in making my problems other people’s problems.
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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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Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.
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Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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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 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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They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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I’m not greedy. I just want my half.
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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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Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality.
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I kept looking [at Katie] and thinking, ‘This woman’s amazing.’ I’m happy that I’m with her. She’s amazing, and I’d think the same of her even if she wasn’t with me – she’s just amazing.
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