For me, to take a movie and travel the world and go and work with these cultures and an international cast and have this spy thriller that's not just about character but also action and suspense, they're very challenging films as a producer to make, creating stories, creating set pieces that serve this character [Ethan Hunt].

They smell good. They look pretty. I love women. I do.

I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.

Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident... you know you have to do something about it because you know you're the only one that can really help.

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.

I've had such extremes in my life. From being this kind of wild kid, to one year studying to be a Franciscan priest at the seminary....I was very frustrated.

Stanley Kubrick was brilliant at getting under the audience's skin. He was very interested in the idea of, 'How can I tell this with just a camera?'