When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking.

People should tell your children what life is all about - it's about work.

God if the press ever quoted anyone correctly it would be brilliant.

How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition or approval.

No, I don't like legend. I mean, I don't like the category. And to begin with, to me, a legend is something that is not on the Earth, that is dead

If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.

Hollywood is the only place in the world where an amicable divorce means each one gets fifty percent of the publicity.