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Quotes about work
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I feel I've accomplished what I set out to do which is to prove to certain people who count that I'm capable of interesting work. (Cruise Tom)
I had just gotten out of jail and I wanted to make a record. I saw my brother making millions of dollars and I'm still struggling, so I compromised. But they continued to push me further in the opposite direction. I decided not to make another record. (Cruise Tom)
I said I was going to wait out my contract, which would have taken six years. That's not really a good thing for a new artist to do. (Cruise Tom)
I was put in a position by my record company, and kind of pushed in a direction that I didn't want to go, obviously for their financial benefit. (Cruise Tom)
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I'm trying to work as hard as possible to be the best person I can be, to everybody. I mean, my faith and the love that I have in my heart is something that I want to share and spread. (Cruise Tom)
This year alone I'll get to work again with Paul Thomas Anderson, James Gray and David O. Russell. (Cruise Tom)
I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be? (Cruise Tom)
I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone like Legolas, who's this super-cool kind of otherworldly elf. It's, like, I'm lucky, man, so why would I not appreciate that? (Cruise Tom)
I definitely could relate to the father aspect of the script because although my father is alive, I thought he was dead until I was 13. (Cruise Tom)
He sent the script over and I read it that first night, and about page 45 or 50, I called him up and said I'd do it. I didn't even finish it. You look for a part that you can score in. If I like this character and I can play it, the people are going to laugh or be interested, that's what you look for. They send me things that I wonder why they would send to anybody. (Cruise Tom)
It wasn't that we improvised it. We were going to shoot it, but I had the props in my hand, and I wanted to understand the props before we shot, so I asked Paul 'Is this the hook?' and 'Where do you put the worm?' that's when the director just said 'Shoot these guys!' I didn't even know the camera was on, but it felt good! (Cruise Tom)
Turn the camera on! (Cruise Tom)
It's not proper to give someone a script and say, 'Listen, I'm going to give you a script but this means an awful lot to me because it's about my father and mother ... ' The person who reads the script -- they don't give a s--- about that, ... What does he care? What does an actor care about when he reads a script? He cares about whether he can score or not. He cares about whether or not the audience is going to identify with him or whether they're going to laugh or be compelled by the story. The reason I said yes is because I enjoyed it. (Cruise Tom)
I feel ghostly unreal until I become somebody else again on the screen. (Cruise Tom)
Any idealistic activity outside of my work is something confined to a few field trips with UNICEF in Uganda. (Cruise Tom)
I was really tired of that, so this opportunity landed on my lap. I was cast literally the day before I started working (Cruise Tom)
“I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can.” (Cruise Tom)
“I'm about to do scene 58 with the lovely Salma Hayek where we roll around on the beach naked and talk about some silly diamond, ... And the boys are telling me that the negotiations have stopped. When the message was delivered, it was a body blow. I said, 'What does that mean?' They said, 'We don't know. But they'll call you next Friday. Five-thirty.'” (Cruise Tom)
Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract $300 a week. He says take it. You'll never get that money from me. (Cruise Tom)
I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all. (Cruise Tom)
It's the type of thing I'm drawn to. I didn't even audition. The director, Guy Ferland, wanted me for the part, and I read the script and called them back and said yes. I was happy that they offered it to me. I thought it was different. (Cruise Tom)
The stuff I get is not that severe like, "I'm going to kill myself." I do get a sense that seeing Justin can be a great comfort to a lot of people. They feel that they can stand up for what they feel and who they love. (Cruise Tom)
As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles. (Cruise Tom)
I just finished Narc, which was a really heavy duty, raw, independent. (Cruise Tom)
I'm getting older, I wanted to have that opportunity to play someone who goes from his twenties to someone dying of cancer in his sixties. (Cruise Tom)
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