Award winning actor Tom Cruise was born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York.

• ""I believe in life. I know that life comes in at your heart and it doesn't matter if you're an actor, a filmmaker or a gentleman on the street, it comes at you. What Scientology gives me is the tools to deal with that, to better enjoy my life and to be able to contribute more."




• "Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?""




• " I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities."




• "I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning."




• "Today, people can say anything they want. Suddenly it gets in the rumor mill and then it evolves and then somehow it becomes fact and you say, What is this? You know, why don't you ask me?"




• "I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want."




• "People don't know the great things they [Scientologists] do, within education, and how they really try to help the community. It's just a very positive, wonderful thing"