Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruiseis an American actor and filmmaker. Cruise has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. He started his career at age 19 in the 1981 film Endless Love. After portraying supporting roles in Tapsand The Outsiders, his first leading role was in the romantic comedy Risky Business, released in August 1983. Cruise became a full-fledged movie star after starring as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the action drama Top Gun. One of the biggest...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 July 1962
CitySyracuse, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a father, as a producer, as an actor; and I enjoy that. I've always been changing and evolving and growing. There's no pinnacle of power where you can sit back and relax.
We knew from the beginning the level of commitment needed. We felt honored to work with Stanley Kubrick. We were going to do what it took to do this picture, whatever time, because I felt - and Nic [Nicole Kidman] did, too - that this was going to be a really special time for us. We knew it would be difficult. But I would have absolutely kicked myself if I hadn`t done this.
When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that includes all my personal things.
I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.
Do I make mistakes? Yeah.
I don't care if you print something nasty about me. If it's true, fine. I don't care. But just make sure it's the truth.
I feel good about the decisions that I made and I?m happy. You know, I?m really happy.
On film Vanilla Sky: You're going to get the full experience of what love is.
If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.'
Emotions kick up. You try not to kick things up, but you go through things you can't help.
I feel the need... the need for speed.
Sex is great, if you are in a relationship. Otherwise, I find sex actually not so interesting. Without a relationship it is confusing.
I always look for a challenge and something that's different.
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.