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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.”

Tom Cruise

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

Character People Pretended
If someone wants to know about Scientology, they should just go and read about it themselves. That’s the best way to do it.
TOM CRUISE

Read Themselves Want
Today, people can say anything they want. Suddenly it gets in the rumor mill and then it evolves and then somehow it becomes fact and you say, What is this? You know, why don’t you ask me?
TOM CRUISE

Anything People Rumors Say
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.
TOM CRUISE

Mountain People Thinking
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’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 CRUISE

Knowing Life Thinking
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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Grow Up Kids Mother
When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you’re either going to sink or you’re going to swim.
TOM CRUISE

Action Problem Swim
It’s well known I’m a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it’s something that has given me great stability and tools that I use.
TOM CRUISE

Inner Peace Stability Tools Use
But I think also you look at Scientology it is the fastest growing religion. It’s helped so many people.
TOM CRUISE

Looks People Thinking
Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.
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Death Dying Oblivion
I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
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Kids Love Once
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
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.
TOM CRUISE

Dumb Funny Past
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’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.
TOM CRUISE

Advice Decision Thinking

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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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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