Quotes

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

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
-Tom Cruise

Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?
-Tom Cruise

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

On film Vanilla Sky: You're going to get the full experience of what love is.
-Tom Cruise

People don't know the great things they [Scientologists] do, within education, and how they really try to help the community. It's just a very positive, wonderful thing.
-Tom Cruise

Of course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
-Tom Cruise

I love this woman.
-Tom Cruise

Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
-Tom Cruise

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

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

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

I bought it for Nic. I just thought it was perfect for her and she's great in it. (It's) really a tour de force performance.
-Tom Cruise

She's graceful. And I really love her.
-Tom Cruise

It's their right to do that and I respect that, ... Collateral.
-Tom Cruise

I didn't want to tell Stanley, ... He panicked. I wanted this to work, but you're playing with dynamite when you act.
-Tom Cruise

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.
-Tom Cruise

Jerry Maguire: Jump in my nightmare, the water's warm!
-Tom Cruise

Jerry Maguire: Jump in my nightmare, the water's warm!
-Tom Cruise

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

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

There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance in a body.
-Tom Cruise

Don't miss out on your Minority Report. Buy it now on DVD and video.
-Tom Cruise

I bought it for Nic. I just thought it was perfect for her and she's great in it. (It's) really a tour de force performance.
-Tom Cruise

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

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
-Tom Cruise

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.
-Tom Cruise

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

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

Something magnificent has happened to me and something extraordinary, and I'm so happy I just can't restrain myself.
-Tom Cruise

Now, what do I say to him? I mean, what ... .
-Tom Cruise