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.
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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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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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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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’m a good listener. I think it’s the one characteristic that’s most important. I’ve always been that way. Not that I take all the advice, but you’ve got to listen to it and have the courage to make your own decision. Then I just go for it.
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They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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Here’s how I’ve lived my life: I’ve never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.
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When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that.
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I’m not greedy. I just want my half.
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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 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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Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends.
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Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
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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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Of course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
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Whether it’s making a film or raising my children, personally I’m striving to do the right things and to learn.
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