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“I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.”
Tom Cruise
“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
“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
“I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.”
Tom Cruise
“I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes.”
Tom Cruise
“Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.”
Tom Cruise
“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
“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
“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
“I'm a romantic.”
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
“I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.”
Tom Cruise
“I go without sleep, I just go hard.”
Tom Cruise
“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
“Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.”
Tom Cruise
“I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband.”
Tom Cruise
“I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.”
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
“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
“Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.”
Tom Cruise
“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.”
Tom Cruise
“I'm someone who loves to enjoy life and tries to focus on real things and real friendships. That's why I live very simply. I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. I don't spend much time fixing myself up or trying to look cool. I live like a normal person and even though I'm in a very high-profile business, I really don't let it affect the way I live.”
Cameron Diaz
“I can't wait to be that age and hanging out with a bunch of people hanging out all day playing golf and going to the beach, all my own age. We'd be laughing and having a good time and getting loopy on our prescription drugs. Driving golf carts around. I can't wait.”
Cameron Diaz
“I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.”
Cameron Diaz
“Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.”
Cameron Diaz
“Whenever I don't' have to wear makeup, it's a good day.”
Cameron Diaz
“I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.”
Cameron Diaz
“I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.”
Cameron Diaz
“What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.”
Cameron Diaz
“Grease is the only cure for a hangover.”
Cameron Diaz