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.
TOM CRUISEHere’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.
TOM CRUISEI’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.
TOM CRUISEOf course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
TOM CRUISEI’m someone who doesn’t believe in making my problems other people’s problems.
TOM CRUISEIf someone wants to know about Scientology, they should just go and read about it themselves. That’s the best way to do it.
TOM CRUISEIt seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
TOM CRUISESex is great, if you are in a relationship. Otherwise, I find sex actually not so interesting. Without a relationship it is confusing.
TOM CRUISEOn film Vanilla Sky: You’re going to get the full experience of what love is.
TOM CRUISEThere is Life in every breath.
TOM CRUISEEverybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.
TOM CRUISEStanley Kubrick was brilliant at getting under the audience’s skin. He was very interested in the idea of, ‘How can I tell this with just a camera?’
TOM CRUISEI’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 CRUISEIndividuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
TOM CRUISESaddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
TOM CRUISEI 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.
TOM CRUISEI’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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