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" 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
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Right
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" Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends. "
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" I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all. "
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" 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. "
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" I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. "
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" I love kids. I was a kid myself, once. "
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" I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I don't care who you are, life has challenges. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a romantic. "
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" When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times. "
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" I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life. "
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" I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I've always given everything to it. That's kind of how I approach life. I can't help it. There's no part-way with me on anything in any area of my life. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them. "
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