Tom Cruise Quotes
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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.
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I enjoy working with writers and their scripts. It's very exciting to me. Eventually I would like to produce, direct and act onstage, but it's not a heavy pressure. When I do it, I want to do it well. I'm just educating myself with writers and scripts, because I didn't read a lot of books when I was growing up.
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I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes.
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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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When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. Now I find the best thing is to just relax. Being recognized is just something you have to get used to.
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I believe in life. I know that life comes in at your heart and it doesn't matter if you're an actor, a filmmaker or a gentleman on the street, it comes at you. What Scientology gives me is the tools to deal with that, to better enjoy my life and to be able to contribute more.
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I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems.
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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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Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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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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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'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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For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, thats the way I want to live my life. It moved me.
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I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.
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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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When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that.
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With each one, I love working on the story and the characters. The stunts, each time, we keep pushing ourselves harder and harder. And they are stunts, so there's always a danger in doing them, but fortunately, I have not had a problem. I have not missed a day of work, ever, in my career. I'm always there early. And I train very hard, and we prepare very carefully for each one.
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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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I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve.
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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 just eat life... I engage in life.
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I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
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The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.
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Do I make mistakes? Yeah.