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" As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, 'This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.' "

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" 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. "

Tom Cruise

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You

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

" 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. "

" Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love. "

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

" 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.' "

Tom Cruise

Working

" Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends. "

" I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. "

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

Tom Cruise

Film

Get

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

" If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Tom Cruise

My Life

Peace

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all. "

" I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to. "

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

" Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. "

" I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I go without sleep, I just go hard. "

Tom Cruise

Sleep

Without

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

" 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. "