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Love Quote by Tom Cruise

"I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way"

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Cruise sells obsession as a virtue, and he does it in the clean, uncomplicated language of someone who knows the camera loves certainty. The repetition of "what I do" is doing more than emphasizing work ethic; it narrows the universe to a single axis: craft as identity. In a celebrity economy where fame is often treated as a byproduct of charisma, he flips the script and insists on professionalism as the brand. Not "I get lucky", not "I collaborate", not even "I grow" - just total commitment, presented as a personal law.

The escalating fractions ("halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths") are a neat rhetorical device because they dramatize the temptation to coast. He names the exact sliding scale most people live on, then rejects it with a hard binary: all the way or not at all. That absolutism is the subtext. It's also the point. Cruise isn't just describing an attitude; he's preemptively defending a reputation for intensity that can read as admirable or alarming depending on the viewer. This is a performer framing extremity as integrity.

Context matters: Cruise is synonymous with high-risk, high-control moviemaking, from blockbuster logistics to public persona management. The line functions like a mission statement for a star who has turned endurance, precision, and escalation into narrative - on screen and off. It reassures audiences that the spectacle is earned, and it warns collaborators that "good enough" won't survive the edit.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Cruise, Tom. (2026, January 16). I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-what-i-do-i-take-great-pride-in-what-i-do-97727/

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Cruise, Tom. "I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-what-i-do-i-take-great-pride-in-what-i-do-97727/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-what-i-do-i-take-great-pride-in-what-i-do-97727/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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Tom Cruise (born July 3, 1962) is a Actor from USA.

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