Tom Cruise passion interview
by Tufail: Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise on the key to his success: "It's passion and finding something that you're passionate about. It's not what I do, it is who I am." He also shared that he often asks others, "What is your passion and why do you pursue that?" The actor concluded, "It's my passion to make films, my interest.
Transcript (en)
You've been a top actor for decades. What's been the biggest driving factor of your success throughout your career? I don't know what separates me necessarily. I think everyone has their own things that they're interested in. It's passion and finding something that you're passionate about, that it's not what I do, it is who I am. So those things, I encourage that in others and I'm always asking people, what is your passion and why do you pursue that? And it's my passion to make films, my interest in humanity, my interest in life and how it works, my interest in knowledge and knowledge that I can apply to attain the goals that I have set for myself and that of my filmmakers together. I'm just very passionate about learning, very passionate about storytelling. You've become obsessed with all aspects of film and movies. How important was it for you to become obsessed? It's not obsessed. You know, it's interesting. You know, obsession can have a negative connotation. It's an interest. You know, as I said, you look at the amount of industries that it takes and encompasses all of life in terms of working with groups, working with individuals as a producer, as an actor. So it is a passion, something that just interests me. So I enjoy learning about it. I enjoy watching films in the theater. I enjoy the crews that I work with and being directed here, you know, with Christopher McCorry. And so I just, I love what I do and I feel very privileged to be able to do something that I love to do and have audiences accept me and want to be entertained by me.
