Tom Cruise Quotes

It's so great to have your private relationships play out in the press.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.

People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics.

I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.

I don't talk about who I'm dating because when you break up, you wind up reliving it in the media.

I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then I realized the things you say get printed and the people you're involved with read them. That's what's tricky. Nothing goes unnoticed. I don't want to get myself in trouble!

I don't like to be in the public eye or talk about my private life.

I don't want to be the person who has the gigantic headlines: 'Look Who So-and-So Is Dating Now.' That, to me, isn't really who I am.

I like to remain somewhat anonymous. I could never handle the whole Britney Spears syndrome of being noticed everywhere.

With this acting and this lifestyle, your privacy does get taken a little.

I feel like I've been dealing with that building over the years because of the Broadway community, so I'm treating it in the same way - I've always tried to keep my personal life private. I didn't get into this business for notoriety or fame. I don't go to places to be seen and that's not going to change.

They're hungry for something they know nothing about, but we, we know all too well that the price of fame is the loss of privacy.

I don't think most people decide to become an actor because they want to be followed around all the time... I see it when I'm with my brothers, and I don't get it. I don't understand why someone wants to take a photo of us getting out of a car or on the beach. I think that's really weird.

I just have friends that don't sell their pictures to newspapers.

I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.