#tc articles

80s

[1983] "Cruising Speed" - Promoting Risky Business, also talks about Taps, Endless Love, The Outsiders, Losin' It, childhood

[1983] “At The Movies” - Short feature promoting Risky Business, also talks about overall career 

[1986] "Tom Cruise: Winging It" - Promoting Top Gun, also talks about The Color of Money, Paul Newman, dad/childhood, Rebecca De Mornay, Risky Business, Legend, Ridley Scott

[1986] "Cruise-ing in the media stratosphere" - Promoting Top Gun, also talks about Losin' It, Legend, The Color of Money, Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese

[1986] "Hot Shot in Top Gun" - Promoting Top Gun, interviewed by Cameron Crowe, also talks about childhood, Taps, The Outsiders, Risky Business, Legend, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman

[1986] "Color him bankable" - Promoting The Color of Money, also talks about Top Gun, childhood, Endless Love, Paul Newman

[1987] “Crossing the line to stardom” - Short feature discussing overall career 

[1988] “On the Road With Hoffman and Cruise” - Behind the scenes feature on Rain Man 

[1989] "The Private War of Tom Cruise" - Promoting Born on the Fourth of July, also talks about childhood, dyslexia

[1989] “Cruise Control” - Promoting Rain Man/Born on the Fourth of July, also talks about childhood, overall career, racecar driving

90s

[1990] "Cruise at the Crossroads" - Promoting Born on the Fourth of July, also talks about Rain Man, Days of Thunder, Mimi Rogers, childhood, Cocktail

[1990] "On 'Thunder' Road with Tom Cruise" - Behind the scenes feature on Days of Thunder production

[1992] "Why am I a Scientologist? I like an adventure" - Promoting Far and Away, also talks about Nicole Kidman, overall career, Born on the Fourth of July

[1992] "Interview: Tom Cruise" - Promoting Far and Away, also talks about Nicole Kidman, Scientology, childhood

[1992] “Rob Reiner's March To 'A Few Good Men'” - Behind the scenes feature 

[1994] “Cruise Speed” - Promoting Interview with the Vampire, also talks about Nicole Kidman, dad/childhood, gay rumors, parenthood, Scientology 

[1994] "All Life Is a Boat, And Tom's Cruisin'" - Promoting Interview with the Vampire, also talks about Lestat, Anne Rice, Legend, overall career, Nicole Kidman

[1996] “The Professional” - Promoting Mission Impossible, also talks about Nicole Kidman, parenthood, gay rumors, Eyes Wide Shut. Nicole & Tom’s first joint interview

[1996] "He Accepted the Mission" - Promoting Mission Impossible, also talks about Nicole Kidman, parenthood, Eyes Wide Shut

[1999] "Cruise opens up about working with Kubrick" - Promoting Eyes Wide Shut, also talks about Nicole Kidman

[1999] "Cinema: Three Of a Kind" - Joint interview w/Kidman promoting Eyes Wide Shut

2000s

[2000] "Conversations with Cruise" - Written by Cameron Crowe, talks about overall career, Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick, Nicole Kidman, Mission: Impossible 2

[2001] "Cruising with Tom and Cam" - Joint interview with Tom & Crowe, talking about Vanilla Sky

[2001] Mesclun Art Media - Transcript of a joint press conference with Tom & Crowe & Penelope Cruz, talking about Vanilla Sky

[2001] "Tom Cruise: Now it's Personal" - Promoting Vanilla Sky, also talks about Nicole Kidman, overall career

[2002] “Being Tom Cruise” - Promoting Vanilla Sky, also talks about Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, 9/11, childhood, Scientology, parenthood, gay rumors, Minority Report

[2002] "Spielberg & Cruise & the movies" - Joint interview with Tom & Steven Spielberg, talking about Minority Report

[2002] "Risky Business" / seattlepi - Two transcripts of a joint Tom/Spielberg press conference promoting Minority Report, they also talk about how they met

[2002] "Mouth Wide Open" - Promoting Minority Report, also talks about Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, parenthood, overall career, braces

[2002] "About Tom" - Promoting Minority Report, also talks about childhood, braces, Scientology, gay rumors, The Last Samurai, parenthood, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz

[2003] liveabout - Promoting The Last Samurai, also talks about Japanese culture, parenthood

[2003] blackfilm - Promoting The Last Samurai, also talks about Japanese culture, politics

[2003] IGN Press conference transcript - Promoting The Last Samurai, also talks about Japanese culture, parenthood, anti-psych beliefs, Collateral

[2003] CBS News - Promoting The Last Samurai, also talks about dyslexia

[2003] CNN Larry King interview transcript - Promoting The Last Samurai, also talks about Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Scientology, litigation, dyslexia

[2004] CBS News - (Excerpts) Promoting The Last Samurai, also talks about overall career, childhood, parenthood

[2004] "The Repair Man" - Promoting Collateral, also talks about dad/childhood, parenthood, Scientology

[2004] "No more Mr Nice Guy" - Promoting Collateral, also talks about Scientology, family, Mission: Impossible III, Nicole Kidman, parenthood

[2004] blackfilm - Transcripts of a joint press conference with Tom, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett-Smith, & Michael Mann promoting Collateral

[2005] chud / wildaboutmovies / blackfilm - Three often contradictory transcripts of the same War of the Worlds press conference with Tom & Spielberg, they also talk about Scientology

[2005] "The Low Way to the Danger Zone: Tom Cruise on Autopilot" - Another War of the Worlds press conference transcript, talks about overall career

[2005] "Actor Tom Cruise Opens Up about his Beliefs in the Church of Scientology" - Another joint Tom/Spielberg War of the Worlds press conference transcript, they also talk about 9/11

[2006] "I Can Create Who I Am” - Promoting Mission: Impossible III, also talks about dad/childhood, recent controversies, anti-psych beliefs, Katie Holmes

[2006] "Man on a Mission" - (Press Release) Promoting Mission: Impossible III, also talks about parenthood, Scientology, recent controversies, Katie Holmes

[2006] "Someone Wanted to See Me?" - Joint profile with Katie Holmes announcing Suri's birth

[2008] "Cruise again finds drama in history" - Promoting Valkyrie, also talks about overall career, Katie Holmes, parenthood

[2008] "Tom Cruise as Real-Life Claus von Stauffenberg" - Promoting Valkyrie, also quotes from Christopher McQuarrie

[2008] "I've Always Wanted To Kill Hitler" - Three Korean Valkyrie press conference transcripts

[2008] "I would also have tried to kill Hitler like Stauffenberg!" - (Various interview snippets from Bild magazine from around this time?) (Messy section I'm sorry) Promoting Valkyrie, also talks about Katie Holmes, parenthood

[2008] "Movie Q&A with Tom Cruise" - Promoting Valkyrie, also talks about German culture