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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.

Tom Cruise

Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality.
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Dream Reality Wake
Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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Decide Individuals Real
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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Awards Journey Wonderful
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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Caught Film Personal Things
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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Children Film Make Strive
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.
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Actors Play
I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
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People Thinking Winning
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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Dedication Directors People
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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Adventure Challenges Giving
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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Dad Fathers Nothing Responsibility
I have cooked turkeys in my day but when Mom’s around I let her do it.
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Around Mom People
But I think also you look at Scientology it is the fastest growing religion. It’s helped so many people.
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Looks People Thinking
Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.
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Death Dying Oblivion
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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Advice Decision Thinking
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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Action Actors Opportunity
I don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.
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Character People Pretended

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