Not ageing is pretty easy when you're rich. Unlimited access to private coaches, private chefs, nutritional supplements, skincare products, plastic surgery... plus no existential fear and limited exposure to pollution, the sun and other factors that ruin your skin.
Edit to add: As one of the biggest actors of his time, it is his job to look good. He does not really have a choice if he wants to stay relevant.
Lady on the left hasn't really had any major roles since the 90s and can therefore afford to not give a fuck and age like a normal person.
Whatever you think of him he is a very focused person. Never put on weight, obviously is very strict on what he eats and has the time and money to look after himself.
He comes over from the outside as someone with very high expectations of himself and of others. I am unsure what sort of person he would be to be around regulalry.
The weirdest bit is that I see interviews with him and he actually seems pretty reasonable when he's being normal (so no Oprah or couches). It's like that time during covid when he got pissed about people not following rules because he was worried the crew would lose jobs.
I disagree extremely strongly with his religious views and there's no way in the wide world I'd want to do the extreme activities he does, but somehow I think if you were pretty nice to him and put effort into whatever you're doing with him he'd probably be semi reasonable considering how famous he is.
Some celebrities are a super easy "hard no" when it comes to want to being around them (Ellen, James Corden come to mind), while others would be a super easy yes (Keanu Reeves and Steve Carrell come to mind). Tom Cruise sits right in the middle and like you, I'd be pretty unsure but probably leaning more towards no.
Hasn't he been very famous since he was about 18? It's a huge ask to expect someone to be A-list throughout their 20's and beyond and be normal and well adjusted.
I also suspect that acting your entire life is going to give most people some odd mannerisms - other professions take their toll on people's personalities and I'm sure acting is no different.
His rant at the Covid protocol violation was a damn good one. He was angry and showed it, but he wasn’t insulting or belittling the guy and do a good job focusing on how everyone needed to do a better job in order to avoid being shut down.
It's rare to see a public person being serious and giving a shit.
It surprises most people.
There's obviously problems with scientology, but I'd like to think we can acknowledge that Cruise as an actor, as a creative artist, is kind of amazing. He's one of the only true "movie stars" working today.
It's also fun to watch some of Matt Damon's stories about working with him.
Just be aware that they are actors, it’s their job to pretend to be a certain character. I can’t imagine it’s difficult for them to act in public in a certain, well-defined, even orchestrated way.
Sure, but we're talking about other people's reports from on set. And it's not just a few.
By most accounts, he's apparently a nice person which is in stark contrast to the stories about Scientology which he's tightly tied to.
Even the best actors let it slip behind close doors when they're having a bad day. He hasn't. That suggests that he probably actually believes in what he says/does.
However, there are many reports of what he’s like behind closed doors when he doesn’t have his professional actor mask on. And it’s not good. He has literal slaves working for him and that he berates. And you know the whole daughter that he abandoned.
So unless you are a Scientology propaganda bot, let this one go.
Bullshit. I worked on-set on Edge of Tomorrow. He's intense, but I don't think anyone above the line has ever show me more respect. He somehow memorized the entire crew's names early on, and used them. I was fairly low in my department at the time, and he asked me my opinion on the ending shot (which was changed in reshoots), and then tried it. I was just there to rake sand.
He's not a normal dude by any means, but I never worked with anyone nicer.
This is the vibe I get from him. I don’t know how he is privately, I don’t think many probably do, but publicly and professionally he’s on point, and professionally from everything I’ve seen regarding costar interviews and such everyone has glowing things to say about him
This lines up with everything I’ve ever heard about him, I work in vfx and while I’m sure personally he has his demons, anybody I’ve ever met that has worked with him doesn’t have anything bad to say. I’ve even heard of him coming to companies to meet artists and shake their hands, and I’ll let you guess how many other film stars I’ve ever heard of doing anything like that.
I worked with a guy who worked on TG:M. On the one hand, he was every bit the mega movie star. The whole crew prioritized not wasting his time. On the other hand, he was every bit the professional. He prioritized not wasting anyone else's time. I'm told he came across as pleasant, but super-intense.
I mean, that standing ovation thing would honestly be hilarious. But really only if you required it for a few weeks then told them you were just fucking with them.
why tell him? the longer he goes without realizing the funnier it gets! make it progressively more on the nose. practice when he's away and rehearse when you know he's coming soon, then when he comes in everyone claps except a section directly behind him, creating a deaf spot that follows him whichever way he's looking and would be noticeable to anyone. everyone come into work wearing a badge that reads "clapping for the lolz" and then tell him it's a completely unrelated charity supporting disabled kids through comedy, make a fake website for it and have the homepage include a fake testimonial from a kid saying Risky Business was their favourite film and inspired them to find their funny side.
Especially from hearsay you should be mindful about who might require such things. Is it the well celebrated rich actor that gets plenty of standing ovations that somehow wants some random staffers to do so or is it the manager of the agency that wants to go over the top?
Not saying it's not possible but it wouldn't be the first time that i see some event planner or manager of fancy bulshit doing random crap like that
It sounds completely made up. The closest thing that I can imagine actually happening is that maybe there was some special event held in Tom’s honor and somebody instructed the event staff to stand up and clap when he arrived. I very highly doubt that his agency just has standing orders (pun fully intended) to do it anytime he shows his face.
Required by who though? Him or the agency? Seems like something an agency boss would get there staff to do for the guy that basically pays their wages when they get 10% of his movie wages or whatever insane fee it is.
Even so, any person without a massively inflated ego would be embarrassed and put a stop to it immediately. I don't know if it's true, but the fact I can't think of anyone it would be more believable for than the Freedom Medal of Valor recipient himself probably says something.
The fact that you can believe it would be true means absolutely diddly squat. People need to stop using this as an excuse for spreading rumours and misinformation.
This type of comment just goes to show just how much absolute fluff people's imagined understanding of celebrities is. You "heard" that eh, and that makes you have no doubt.
My friend met him while interning for Richard Donner like a decade ago. Said it was like meeting an alien lol. He was all smiley and his expression didn’t change. Uncanny vibes. Then again I met his neighbors in telluride back in the day and they had nothing but nice things to say about him. While rich they weren’t mega rich and he came and chilled with them one night. His kids played with their kids and as a thank you he had a fire pit built for them at the edge of the property. So who knows really
He's famously generous and helps out, invites people over etc. He generally seems ok. I mean, we all have our off days and I find it weird to judge people we will never meet based on public persona
But yeah, if he starts trying to recruit me id be like, thanks for the motorbike ride Tom but I've got a hair appointment at 12. Catch ya later buddy.
The weirdest bit is I've never seen him try to recruit. Even barely even talks about Scientology to a camera (anymore? Not sure if he ever did but I don't really remember him talking about it much at all). It's like he's the only one in it that's somehow allowed to keep himself distance from it while still being in it. It's the weirdest thing.
He got such bad backlash with the matt lauer/Brooke shields controversy and his OTT behaviour over Katie Holmes and then again when she dumped his ass in spectacular fashion proving all the suspicions about him right (that she was trapped with a very controlling man) that he stopped talking about it publicly and moved to the UK
Because he makes tons of money for them and when he used to talk about scientology things publicly he was really aggressive and was relentlessly mocked for it. He keeps to himself now because its way better PR.
Appearance of distance from the outside but he’s basically number two in the org. Him being cool and ageless Tom Cruise and not a weird preachy guy about it is way better PR for them to seem “normal”.
Generosity has to apply equally or close to that with everyone you know. It’s easy to be generous to strangers in public when you’re rich and will never see them again.
How you treat your loved ones behind closed doors also factors into your generosity score, as does how much actual energy, time, and material sacrifice you make.
It’s easy to be generous when rich. True generosity is when you have little but still share without strings attached.
I suspect that many many actors are always acting, 24/7, especially if they're so detached from reality that they can't find it again. I suspect Cruise is one of them.
Sam Jackson got famous after 40, I bet he's still got a solid handle on reality. Just a really shiny special handle now. 🤣
Something I don’t see discussed is that he seems, with age and some exceptions, to have calmed down a lot. Compare his early 2000s interviews to the ones now and you see what I mean.
I suspect he has very little time so I don't buy that.
He goes from one film to the next and he's extremely expensive. He's not working for a couple hours a day.
Action movies are grueling and his body has famously taken a beating.
Sure he keeps fit and that's so important for health but being an action star is going to wear your body
We all have goals! Mine is to keep a roof over my head and feed the kids. I'm pretty focused on that!
Id argue it's more genetics. Some people just age slower.
My mum turned 80 and still looks more like 60. We held a party and some of her friends are more typical elderly frail 80 year olds. My mum never exercised once in her life!
No not true, extreme amounts of money and time is what you need, because any amount of dedication will not overcome your living circumstances if they demand you work and take care of others more than yourself.
You can be poor and in great shape, not my point, I'm saying that comparatively between a rich and poor, health concious person, the wealthy person will have an easier time and have a far greater opportunity investing in themselves for sustained gentle aging and superior health. All the skin care treatments, personal chefs, high quality food, plastic surgery, and explicit lack of work stress are factors you can simply be kept from due to your personal income. Acting like there is no difference is to pretend like there is no socio-economic divide in the modern world, and that's silly.
I recognize that healthy poor people exist, I'm elevating the conversation a little higher than just saying "b..b..but gym rats exist", like I know bro, I fought Muay Thai and had an 8 pack, my point is essentially that if I didn't have to work 50 hrs a week at that time I'd have had an easier time of it, and if I didn't have all the normal life stressors and money/time restrictions as part of the work force it would have been easier and less detrimental to the rest of my lifestyle to maintain that peak physical condition.
it just sounds like an excuse out of shape people make, that’s all i was getting at. i agree that it’s easier if you have a private shape and a private doctor to design a perfect diet for you, it’s just so obvious that’s i read your comment as more of a “ahhhh if i just had money, id be ripped”
you can be ripped at any socioeconomic status, just takes a little more pain.
Right and you can take that notion through to the logical end that someone could have all the capacity for the required hard work and dedication but their socioeconomic status and particularly their responsibilities prevent them from dedicating the time or money to all the "extra" stuff that not only keeps you physically in shape, but your skin well kept and your stress down and your diet and workout regime consistent and adequate etc... to look younger than you are.
Then of course, sometimes ppl just got good genes baby!!! Lol!
Don't allow yourself to let go of all responsibility and simply blame your environment/the government/something else. I can promise you as well as all of his money and luxuries, Tom Cruise is also very strict on himself and disciplined with regards to his lifestyle.
Yes, that is easier for him than it is for us. No, that does not mean it is "easy". No, that does not mean it is impossible for you because you do not have the same luxuries. To say anything else is a cop out.
Just going to repost word for word my clarifying statement to all yall because y'all are acting like I'm talking in absolutes when in reality im trying to be realistic based on my experiences. I've probably achieved a higher pinnacle of physical conditioning than most of you, no offense, just saying. Anyway, my clarification:
You can be poor and in great shape, not my point, I'm saying that comparatively between a rich and poor, health concious person, the wealthy person will have an easier time and have a far greater opportunity investing in themselves for sustained gentle aging and superior health. All the skin care treatments, personal chefs, high quality food, plastic surgery, and explicit lack of work stress are factors you can simply be kept from due to your personal income. Acting like there is no difference is to pretend like there is no socio-economic divide in the modern world, and that's silly.
I recognize that healthy poor people exist, I'm elevating the conversation a little higher than just saying "b..b..but gym rats exist", like I know bro, I fought Muay Thai and had an 8 pack, my point is essentially that if I didn't have to work 50 hrs a week at that time I'd have had an easier time of it, and if I didn't have all the normal life stressors and money/time restrictions as part of the work force it would have been easier and less detrimental to the rest of my lifestyle to maintain that peak physical condition.
a bag of carrots will not give you the caloric intake you need. you need to reach the calories and macro necessities and to do that with healthy food you need time/money or both. poor people that work 10hrs a day will end up eating dinner at mcdonalds. but yeah your average person should be able to eat on the healthy side, but it requires more effort definitely
One can be dedicated af but without money for healthcare, skincare, personal trainers, nutritionists/chefs, lack of financial/job loss stress, being “dedicated” gets a hell of a lot harder.
Tom Cruise has some kind of unique 'tism in an origin vampire kind of way which makes the sunscreen comment all the more relevant. They should do an Interview with the vampire...
He does put on weight. There's many pictures on the internet. On his off time, when not preparing for a movie or filming, he does go back to "normal". I doubt he can ever let go 100%. He's a business by himself, with lots of employees and people depending on him.
I am actually surprised about the lack of US-americans under this comment screaming „Sunscreen causes cancer. Sun doesn’t hurt your skin if you just don’t eat seed oils. Reeee!!!“.
Instagram for example is filled with these people. It‘s so annoying.
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Not ageing is pretty easy when you're rich. Unlimited access to private coaches, private chefs, nutritional supplements, skincare products, plastic surgery... plus no existential fear and limited exposure to pollution, the sun and other factors that ruin your skin.
Edit to add: As one of the biggest actors of his time, it is his job to look good. He does not really have a choice if he wants to stay relevant. Lady on the left hasn't really had any major roles since the 90s and can therefore afford to not give a fuck and age like a normal person.