I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.

In mid-2011 Cruise started shooting the movie Rock of Ages in which he played the character Stacee Jaxx. com domain name. Cruise/Wagner Productions responded that Paramount's announcement was a face-saving move after the production company had successfully sought alternative financing from private equity firms.

Cruise has starred in many Hollywood blockbusters including Rain Man (1988) A Few Good Men (1992) Jerry Maguire (1996) Vanilla Sky (2001) Minority Report (2002) The Last Samurai (2003) Collateral (2004) War of the Worlds (2005) Tropic Thunder (2008) and Jack Reacher (2012). He started his career at age 19 in the 1981 film Taps.