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I don't pretend to be the character. I am the character.

Tom Cruise

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Tom Cruise
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
Actor
Aircraft Pilot
Director
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
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I don't care who you are, life has challenges.
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But my friends are happy for me. The people who know me are happy. My mom is happy. My family is happy.
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Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.
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