Quotations and Sayings attributed to Tom Cruise
SAT [exam] scores have gone right down the toilet. The parents are blaming the teachers, the teachers are blaming the parents and the psychs are putting everyone on drugs.
- Tom Cruise
Seriously, I would go in a second. I'd be the first actor in space and I'd love to do it.
- Tom Cruise
Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
- Tom Cruise
The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.
- Tom Cruise
The important thing with a child is that you love them, you protect them and you help them to grow and find out who they are. And as a parent, it's my responsibility to help them to become independent and get all the knowledge and a broad view of the world and life. I know that Nic [Nicole Kidman] absolutely agrees with that. And that's what's important: being there.
- Tom Cruise
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 checks, be responsible.
- Tom Cruise
There's this huge industry, this machine, pushing us to hurry up and put our kids on drugs. Well, you know what I say to that machine? I say 'screw you.' Controversy doesn't bother me, because I know what I'm saying is right.
- Tom Cruise
Today, people can say anything they want. Suddenly it gets in the rumor mill and then it evolves and then somehow it becomes fact and you say, What is this? You know, why don't you ask me?
- Tom Cruise
Tom; 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