Tom Cruise Quotes
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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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You can put the camera in places where you may not necessarily be able to put it there if I don't do the stunt. If it's character and it's storytelling, then we do it. We design the things around me. I don't do it just to do a stunt. It's storytelling for me and how I can best bring the audience into the action, bring the audience into the story. And that's how we always look at at.
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Do I make mistakes? Yeah.
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I demand a lot of myself. I want to learn. I can't sit back. I like a challenge, so I create a lot of challenges for myself.
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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've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes.
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I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
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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.
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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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As an actor - like an artist - you have to ask, "Why do I choose a certain moment to play something a certain way?" It's organic to who we are.
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Of course I believe in aliens. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
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If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times.
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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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I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems.
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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 also realise power is fleeting, it doesn't last forever in this career, so I want to make the most of it. I want to make the kinds of pictures that interest me, it's as simple as that. I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.
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I'm usually nervous to meet people that I admire because what if they're not cool or something?
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No dream is ever just a dream.
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I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
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I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all.