Quotes By Tom Cruise

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

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.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.

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.

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.

Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

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.

I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.

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.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Do I make mistakes? Yeah.

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.

I don't care who you are, life has challenges.

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.

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.

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.

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.

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.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.

Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.

I go without sleep, I just go hard.

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.

When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that includes all my personal things.

Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?

Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

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.