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" Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing. "
Tom Cruise
Know
Time
Start
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" 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. "
Tom Cruise
Life
Think
Myself
" I'm a romantic. "
Tom Cruise
Romantic
" If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times. "
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Good Times
Good
You
" I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days. "
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Birthdays
Set
Movie
" I go without sleep, I just go hard. "
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Go
Sleep
Without
" The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself. "
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Moments
Surprise
You
" 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. "
Tom Cruise
Pressure
Relax
Enough
" 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
My Life
Time
Think
" Do I make mistakes? Yeah. "
Tom Cruise
Mistakes
Make
Yeah
" I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me. "
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Very
Live
Always
" I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve. "
Tom Cruise
Life
Father
Respect
" 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. "
Tom Cruise
Hard
Work
Young
" Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. "
Tom Cruise
Means
Disputes
Settling
" I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes. "
Tom Cruise
Important
Always
Family
" 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. "
Tom Cruise
Problem
Smart
Together
" I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. "
Tom Cruise
Father
Wanted
Mother
" I always look for a challenge and something that's different. "
Tom Cruise
Look
Challenge
Different
" 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. "
Tom Cruise
Know
World
Run
" When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion. "
Tom Cruise
You
People
Motion
" Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them. "
Tom Cruise
True
Real
Individuals
" 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
Attention
You
Relax
" When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim. "
Tom Cruise
Swim
Either
Going
" 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. "
Tom Cruise
People
Work
Look
" 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.' "
Tom Cruise
Love
Myself
Hope
" 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
Actor
Become
Lot
" Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends. "
Tom Cruise
Nothing
Ends
Nicely
" Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people. "
Tom Cruise
Many
Against
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. "
Tom Cruise
Life
Play
Sometimes
" 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
Up
Film
Get
" 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
Me