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I don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.

Tom Cruise

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. ‘If there’s no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.’ That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that.
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Artist Compassion Thinking
Of course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
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Aliens Arrogant Believe
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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Bother Cameras Dating
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
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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All Close Live Sister
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
I have cooked turkeys in my day but when Mom’s around I let her do it.
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Around Mom People
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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Light Running World
When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that.
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Emotional Imbalance People
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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People Smart Together
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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Able Believe Film
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’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
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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Cameras Ideas Skins
It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
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Four Letters Word

I don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.

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