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 CRUISEI 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.
More Tom Cruise Quotes
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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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They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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Every time I make a “Mission” movie or other films, people kind of look at me and go, “Well, now what? What’s next?” I think there’s always going to be another mountain. I think there’s something always in store.
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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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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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If someone wants to know about Scientology, they should just go and read about it themselves. That’s the best way to do it.
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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’m not greedy. I just want my half.
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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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It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
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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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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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Sex is great, if you are in a relationship. Otherwise, I find sex actually not so interesting. Without a relationship it is confusing.
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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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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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