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.
TOM CRUISEI didn’t become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.
More Tom Cruise Quotes
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I’m someone who doesn’t believe in making my problems other people’s problems.
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There is Life in every breath.
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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 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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Stanley 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?’
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I’ve been… chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don’t know what it’s like being chased by them.
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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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People go for help, but their lives don’t get better because of those [psychiatric] drugs. They get worse. They feel numb and they’re told that’s a good thing. It’s how you degrade a society – by drugging the piss out of it.
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I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
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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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I don’t hide from cameras or anything. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t seek our press for the women I’m dating, but if it finds me, it finds me.
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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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Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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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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It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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But I think also you look at Scientology it is the fastest growing religion. It’s helped so many people.
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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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