Tom Cruise Quotes

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing.

I think, for me, the only real value to fame, stuff like that, is that you can then have a lot more creative power to get certain movies made and to do certain things.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

I can pretty much call anyone, whether at the White House, in a company or in the media. I have access, because of the silliness of the entertainment world and how people react to it. It gave me an enormous opportunity to do anything I really want to.

I just want to be rich and famous.

'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world.

I used to hear people say nobody can prepare you for fame, and it's actually very true. But there is such beauty that comes with it when you're able to use your platform in a positive way.

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

Fame overcomes everything.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

Celebrity means that I can affect people in a positive way.

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly.

Fame, you know, it's like a handgun - in the wrong hands, it's dangerous.

With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

I can do much, I can do everything for a man who will be my friend. I can give him power; I can give him wealth. I can give him reputation - the power, the wealth, the reputation which come to a man who speaks to a million people a day in the columns of a great paper.

Since I became accidentally famous, it did give me access and, through that access, power that I couldn't just walk away from.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

When I came into the NFL, there were three things that were very important to me: money, power and prestige. I was powerful now because I was a famous athlete. I had prestige because I was doing what everybody wanted to do. And I had a lot of money.

Fame has never been high on my agenda.