Tom Cruise movie quotes

“- Vincent: 17 million people. This was a country, it'd be the fifth biggest economy in the world and nobody knows each other. I read about this guy, gets on the MTA here, dies.
- Max: Oh.
- Vincent: Six hours he's riding the subway before anybody notices his corpse doing laps around L.A., people on and off sitting next to him. Nobody notices.”
Tom Cruise - Vincent
Jamie Foxx - Max

“It was great the way her mind worked. No guilt, no doubts, no fear. None of my specialities. Just the shameless pursuit of immediate gratification. What a capitalist.”
Tom Cruise - Joel

“I'm a Vietnam veteran, I'm here tonight to say, this war is wrong, this government lied to me, lied to my brothers, the people in this country tricked us into going thirteen thousand miles to fight a war against poor peasant people who have a proud history of resistance who have been struggling for their own independence for one thousand years,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tom Cruise - Ron Kovic

“It was what they were ordered to do. Out in the real world, it means nothing, and in the Washington navy yard it doesn't mean a whole lot more, but if you're a marine assigned rifle company Windward Guantánamo Bay Cuba, if you're given an order you follow it or you pack your bags.”
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee

“I'm gonna let ya' in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks.”
Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt

“- Lt. Daniel Kaffee: What's a fence line?
- Capt. Whitaker: Sam.
- Lt. Sam Weinberg: A big wall separating the good guys from the bad guys.”
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Xander Berkeley - Capt. Whitaker
Kevin Pollak - Lt. Sam Weinberg

“- Shannon Christie: You'll never win this duel with Steven. We've all seen you handle a gun. Boy, I am giving you your freedom!
- Joseph Donnelly: I'm not going to a distant world. I'm of Ireland, and I'll stay in Ireland until I die!
- Shannon Christie: That's in about five hours.”
Nicole Kidman - Shannon Christie
Tom Cruise - Joseph Donnelly

“I saw my duty, and I did it.”

Tom Cruise - David Shawn

“- Lt. Dave Spradling: I'm going to charge him with possession and being under the influence while on duty. You plead guilty, I recommend thirty days in the brig with loss of rank and pay.
- Lt. Daniel Kaffee: It was oregano, Dave. It was ten dollars' worth of oregano.”
Matt Craven - Lt. Dave Spradling
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee

“- Brian: Listen, I'm sorry I called you a bitch.
- Eleanor: Why? I am a bitch.”
Tom Cruise - Brian Flanagan
Ellen Foley - Eleanor

“We live in a cynical world. A cynical world. And we work in a business of tough competitors. I love you. You... complete me.”
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire

- Lt. Sam Weinberg: You've heard her. The girl sat here, pointed and said, "Pa". She did. She said, "Pa".
- Lt. Daniel Kaffee: She was pointing at a mailbox, Sam.
- Lt. Sam Weinberg: That's right. She was pointing as if to say, "Pa, look, a mailbox".

Kevin Pollak - Lt. Sam Weinberg
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee

“We were living in a democracy the last time I checked.”

Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt

“You're full of shit, man. You just sit there in your office. A scholarship here, no scholarship there. He goes. He stays. Who in the hell gave you that power? You're just a coach. You're just a high school football coach. I mean, I don't know. What, what, I don't know.”

Tom Cruise - Stefen Djordjevic

“Just stay alive. I'm not going to lose you.”
Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt

“- Ethan Hunt: You turned around.
- Nyah Nordoff-Hall: What are you going to do? Spank me?”
Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt
Thandie Newton - Nyah Nordoff-Hall

“- Mrs. Kovic: Don't say penis in this house!
- Ron Kovic: Penis! Penis! Big fucking erect penis, mom!”
Caroline Kava - Mrs. Kovic
Tom Cruise - Ron Kovic

“- Jerry Maguire: The fuckin zoo is closed, Ray.
- Ray Boyd: You said fuck.
- Jerry Maguire: Uh... yeah... I...
- Ray Boyd: Don't worry. I won't tell.”
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
Jonathan Lipnicki - Ray Boyd

“- Dr. Claire Lewicki: Boy, you're very quick.
- Cole Trickle: You oughta see me drive.”
Nicole Kidman - Dr. Claire Lewicki
Tom Cruise - Cole Trickle

“Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?”
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire

“- Alice Harford: I do love you and you know there is something very important we need to do as soon as possible.
- Dr. Bill Harford: What's that?
- Alice Harford: Fuck.”
Tom Cruise - Dr. William Harford
Nicole Kidman - Alice Harford

“Everest, man. You ready to plant the flag?”
Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt

“- Lt. Daniel Kaffee: How did you know where the mess hall was if it's not in this book?
- Cpl. Jeffrey Barnes: Well, I guess I just followed the crowd at chow time, sir.”
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Noah Wyle - Cpl. Jeffrey Barnes

“Is the colonel's underwear a matter of national security?”

Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee

“- Gayle: Do you know what's so nice about doctors?
- Dr. Bill Harford: Usually a lot less than people imagine.
- Gayle: They always seem so knowledgeable.
- Dr. Bill Harford: Oh, they are very knowledgeable about all sorts of things.
- Gayle: But I bet they work too hard. Just think of all they miss.
- Dr. Bill Harford: You're probably right.”
Tom Cruise - Dr. William Harford
Louise J. Taylor - Gayle