Tom Cruise speaks on his plans to RETIRE from acting amid pivotal Mission Impossible movie premiere

Daily Mail​

20-05-2025

Hollywood legend Tom Cruise revealed when he plans to step away from his enduring acting career.
In news that will comfort his fans, the 62-year-old film icon said he intends to continue making movies well past his 100th birthday.
'I will never stop,' the actor — who is dating Ben Affleck's ex Ana de Armas, 37 — told The Hollywood Reporter during the New York premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on Sunday.
'I will never stop doing action, I will never stop doing drama, comedy films — I'm excited,' Cruise — who has surprisingly never won as Oscar – added.
Two years prior, the Interview with the Vampire star shared he was inspired by Star Wars legend Harrison Ford 's, 80, long-lasting career, and that he wanted to make films until he reached that age.
But he has since revised his answer, stating: 'I actually said I'm going to make movies into my 80s; actually, I'm going to make them into my 100s.'
The Top Gun star then elaborated on his reasons for remaining dedicated to acting.
'There's been so many levels of reward with the filmmakers that I've collaborated with, the crews, the people, the cultures that we've worked in. Everything that I've learned and continue to learn about storytelling, about life, about leadership, about character and every aspect of filmmaking,' he said.
'It's been exceptional, it really is exceptional. I feel very fortunate to be able to make the films that I make and I love it. I love just making movies,' he added.
Cruise — famous for doing his own stunts — also shared that there's a whole spectrum of 'pre-stunt rituals' he has to keep him 'alive.'
'It depends on what I'm doing and the amount of preparation I have to do. A lot of thought goes into it, and they are very complex and very interesting.'
Cruise recently said today that the secret to performing all his own stunts is that he feels 'no fear.'
He famously shattered his ankle leaping between two skyscrapers on the previous Mission: Impossible.
In this Mission: Impossible he wing-walks on a vintage biplane and also acts in an extraordinary underwater sequence set on board a submarine.
He said: 'How do I feel about fear? Oh that's exciting. I like the feeling. It's not paralyzing it doesn't bother me, I enjoy it. In any endeavor people can be afraid, I don't mind confronting it and going in. I wanted an interesting life that's very dynamic.
'I try to know before I go on set as much as I can. I have a goal and I have a list of what I need to learn to get to the goal and I go up and down the list and keep attacking it, "Oh I had better learn how to fly a helicopter."'
'I actually said I'm going to make movies into my 80s; actually, I'm going to make them into my 100s,' the actor added
Cruise previously said he was inspired by Harrison Ford's, 80, long-lasting career, and that he wanted to make films until he reached that age; Ford seen in still from 2023 film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
He went on: 'People say be careful. I say be competent strive towards being capable and look for know that you can apply and when you apply it gets you the results that you want. It's a constant study.'
Mission: Impossible 8 features returning stars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff and Henry Czerny, all of whom are back from the previous film.
The stacked cast will also be augmented by new faces, including Bob Odenkirk, Parks & Recreation star Nick Offerman, Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham, Ozark actress Janet McTeer and Katy O'Brian.
Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning were at one point billed as the last films to star Tom in the Mission: Impossible series.
However, director Chris McQuarrie. backed away from that idea during the publicity campaign for the first film, and Cruise has since expressed interest in continuing to explore what Ethan Hunt's adventures might be like well into old age.
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning will be released in theaters on May 23 of this year.
Cruise's films have grossed over $12 billion worldwide, placing him among the highest-grossing actors of all time.
He's been nominated for an Oscar four times — Born on the Fourth of July (1990), Jerry Maguire (1997), Magnolia (2000), Top Gun: Maverick (2023) — but has yet to win.
Cruise began acting in 1981. His film debut was a minor role in the romantic drama Endless Love.
Aside from Mission Impossible, he is famous for leading roles in iconic films such as Top Gun, Rain Man, and Jerry Maguire.
Cruise recently broke his silence about his new girlfriend Ana, whom he first started seeing in February. On Sunday the movie star told Extra what he thought of the brunette bombshell.
'Very talented, great dramatic actress, comedic, tremendous ability, learns quickly,' Cruise told the site.
This comes after Ana told Good Morning America that she will be working with Cruise on several projects.
Armas and Cruise have been getting serious in recent weeks, DailyMail.com has learned.
Friends believe the relationship could last, with our insider pointing to the fact that Armas does 'not like to party', preferring quiet nights at home like her decades-older boyfriend.
Though another source stressed that the pair are 'taking it day by day' and that Armas 'does not give her heart away easy.'