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" Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people. "
Tom Cruise
Many
Against
People
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" 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. "
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Know
World
Run
" 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'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all. "
Tom Cruise
Become
Give
Kind
" The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself. "
Tom Cruise
Moments
Surprise
You
" 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 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 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
" 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
He
Like
" 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
" 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
Way
Great
Halfway
" Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment? "
Tom Cruise
Embarrassment
Feeling
Tomorrow
" I go without sleep, I just go hard. "
Tom Cruise
Go
Sleep
Without
" 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
" I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning. "
Tom Cruise
You
Winning
Think
" 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
" 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 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
" 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. "
Tom Cruise
Love
Feel
Life
" 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. "
Tom Cruise
My Journey
Journey
Awards
" Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn. "
Tom Cruise
Learn
Film
Right
" Do I make mistakes? Yeah. "
Tom Cruise
Mistakes
Make
Yeah
" I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. "
Tom Cruise
Father
Wanted
Mother
" I don't care who you are, life has challenges. "
Tom Cruise
Life
You
Care
" 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
" I always look for a challenge and something that's different. "
Tom Cruise
Look
Challenge
Different
" 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
" 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
" 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