I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance.

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.