Quotations and Sayings attributed to Tom Cruise
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.
- Tom Cruise
I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
- Tom Cruise
I do it because it's fun. I'm not a great mountain climber but things like that excite me. I think a lot of people are going to think that stuff is special effects, but it's not. I'm on the mountain. Throughout the fight scenes, when things come dangerously close, that's all real.
- Tom Cruise
I don't drink but I had a beer that night and they only did one setup like that. I'm a cheap date. What can I say?
- Tom Cruise
I don't really keep counsel with others. I'm the kind of person who will think about something, and if I know it's right I'm not going to ask anybody. I don't go, "Boy, what do you think about this?" I've made every decision for myself - in my career, in my life.
- Tom Cruise
I find that, especially with children, they want to contribute. Even my kids, when they come in and they mess up the work and I'm busy, but they are just trying to help out, so I always say, 'Thank you.' That's how I am with them and I find that they're happier and I'm happier as a result.
- Tom Cruise
I have cooked turkeys in my day but when Mom's around I let her do it.
- Tom Cruise
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.
- Tom Cruise
I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
- Tom Cruise
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.
- Tom Cruise