Tom Cruise Quotes
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I have cooked turkeys in my day but when Mom`s around I let her do it.
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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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For me, to take a movie and travel the world and go and work with these cultures and an international cast and have this spy thriller that's not just about character but also action and suspense, they're very challenging films as a producer to make, creating stories, creating set pieces that serve this character Ethan Hunt.
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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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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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We live in a world in which we are able to communicate very quickly in many different ways, and yet we find communicating more difficult than ever. When in fact we need communication more urgently than ever, because the enemies that threaten us are universal: drugs, illiteracy and crime. We have to fight against them together.
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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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I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I've always given everything to it. That's kind of how I approach life. I can't help it. There's no part-way with me on anything in any area of my life.
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Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
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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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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 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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But my friends are happy for me. The people who know me are happy. My mom is happy. My family is happy.
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I just eat life... I engage in life.
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I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems.
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When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that.
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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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I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
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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 want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want.
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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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Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.