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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
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Syracuse
New York
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I used to go to Maple Leafs games all the time when Nic shot To Die For here in Toronto. This is a great city. I love it here.
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Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for 'never'.
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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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Where do I get my seriousness? You can't help but grow up fast when your parents get divorced. You see your mother go to get food stamps and she's making fifty dollars too much to get them, with four kids to support.
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I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband.
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