I was this flat-chested, big-footed, lanky thing.

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.

I'm crazy enough to believe in taking chances in every way, in making choices and gambling with your life. That's the kind of gambling I believe in.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

As long as I can walk and talk, I'll try almost anything. I say "almost" because the high wire is definitely out.

The best things in life are clean living, good works, and big saphires. And not in that order.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.