Tom Cruise's Best Movie Quotes

June 23, 2010 Celebrity Highlights

Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Tom Cruise has been a household name for almost 30 years, thanks to films like "Risky Business," "Jerry Maguire," "Top Gun" and many more!

Check out some of the best one-liners delivered by Cruise in his blockbuster hits.

Tom Cruise Best Movie Quotes

"Jerry Maguire"

" I am out here for you. You don’t know what it’s like to be ME out here for YOU. It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about, ok?"

"Collateral"

“Get with it. Millions of galaxies of hundreds of millions of stars, in a speck on one in a blink. That’s us, lost in space. The cop, you, me… Who notices?”

"The Last Samurai"

“There is life in every breath…”

"Minority Report"

“You see the dilemma don’t you? If you don’t kill me, precogs were wrong and precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. The precogs were right. So, what are you going to do now? What’s it worth? Just one more murder? You’ll rot in hell with a halo, but people will still believe in precrime. All you have to do is kill me like they said you would. Except you know your own future, which means you can change it if you want to. You still have a choice Lamar. Like I did.”

"Magnolia"

“In this life, it’s not what you hope for, it’s not what you deserve – it’s what you take!”

"Vanilla Sky"

“Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality.”

"Risky Business"

“College women can smell ignorance… like dog sh*t.”

"Top Gun"

“I feel the need – the need for speed.”

"Risky Business"

“It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.”

"Vanilla Sky"

“Do you remember what you told me once? That every passing minute is a another chance to turn it all around.”

"Risky Business"

“Porsche. There is no substitute.”

"Jerry Maguire"

“Show me the money!”

"Mission Impossible"

“We just rolled up a snowball and threw it into Hell. Now we’ll see if it has a chance.”

"Rain Man"

" I’m sorry ma’am, I lied to you. I’m very sorry about that. That man right there is my brother and if he doesn’t get to watch ’People’s Court’ in about 30 seconds, he’s gonna throw a fit right here on your porch. Now you can help me or you can stand there and watch it happen. "

"Top Gun"

“You don’t have time to think up there. If you think, you’re dead. "

"Risky Business"

“I got a trig midterm tomorrow and I’m being chased by Guido the Killer Pimp.”

"The Outsiders"

“Hate to tell you this buddy, but you have to wear clothes to work. There’s a law or something.”

"Rain Man"

“Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed? I got the rose bushes, didn’t I? I got a used car, didn’t I?”

"Jerry Maguire"

“That’s more than a dress. That’s an Audrey Hepburn movie.”

"The Outsiders"

“Ain’t nobody gonna call the fuzz in this neighborhood ’cause they know better.”

"Jerry Maguire"

“I will not rest until I have you holding a Coke, wearing your own shoe, playing a Sega game featuring you, while singing your own song in a new commercial, starring you, broadcast during the Superbowl, in a game that you are winning, and I will not sleep until that happens. I’ll give you fifteen minutes to call me back.”

"Top Gun"

“This is what I call a target rich environment.”

"Jerry Maguire"

“Twenty-four hours ago, man, I was hot! Now… I’m a cautionary tale. You see this jacket I’m wearing, you like it? Because I don’t really need it. Because I’m cloaked in failure! I lost the number one draft picked the night before the draft! Why? Let’s recap: Because a hockey player’s kid made me feel like a superficial jerk. I ate two slices of bad pizza, went to bed and grew a conscience!”

"Interview with the Vampire"

“Evildoers are easier, and they taste better.”

"Jerry Maguire"

“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's new film "Knight and Day" hits theaters June 23.

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