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" 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. "

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" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

Tom Cruise

Sleep

Without

" 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. "

" Do I make mistakes? Yeah. "

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

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

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

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

" I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want. "

" 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. "

" When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion. "

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

" Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

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

" Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing. "

" 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. "