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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 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
They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.
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Looks Love Smell Women
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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Dad Fathers Nothing Responsibility
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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Caught Film Personal Things
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?
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Anything People Rumors Say
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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Action Problem Swim
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
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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Confusing Interesting Sex
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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Read Themselves Want
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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Better Drug Ge People
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
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
I kept looking [at Katie] and thinking, ‘This woman’s amazing.’ I’m happy that I’m with her. She’s amazing, and I’d think the same of her even if she wasn’t with me – she’s just amazing.
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Holmes Thinking Wife
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
I don’t pretend to be the character. I am the character.
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Character People Pretended
I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
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People Thinking Winning

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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