However, Tom Cruise believes that inside, his father is a sensitive person and he also had a difficult life.

Tom used to visit his father in the hospital before he died of cancer in 1984. Mr. Tom III said that when he got better, father and son would talk about many things to each other. But that could never happen. The actor confided in Rolling Stone magazine : “I think he feels regretful about a lot of things. He didn’t have much influence on me as a teenager. The real values ​​and motivation came from my father.” “My uncle. But dad is still a very important person, really important.”

After the divorce, Tom Cruise’s mother married Jack South in 1978 and moved to New Jersey when Tom was 16 years old. Talking about his stepfather, Tom recalled: “At first, I felt threatened. Partly because I love my mother. But my stepfather is a smart, intelligent man. He loved my mother so much that he adopted me.” all of us: 4 young people. We often bet on football matches and he bets big, so I usually win a lot of money.”

With his mother, Tom Cruise is very close and respectful. The actor described his mother as a warm, charismatic, kind and generous woman. Mrs. Mary Lee is also very hard-working, often working 4 jobs at the same time to raise her children.

Have dyslexia

Tom Cruise has opened up about his battle with dyslexia. “I like to read and want to learn but know I have failed,” he said. Tom was first diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of seven. This caused him great difficulty reading and concentrating in school.

The actor said in a 1986 interview that reading tests always challenged him: “I was very nervous. I often skipped questions and skipped lines. Later, I learned to control my eyes well.” I used to have to use my fingers all the time to read. This was not very comfortable.”

Tom Cruise’s poor reading ability continued into high school and even hindered his first few acting gigs. At the age of 19, when he first participated in a big movie, not being able to read the lines well made him extremely confused. That’s when Tom realized that the acting door would close if he was not determined to completely overcome this problem.

“I had to train myself to focus my attention. I used visualization and learned to create images in my head to understand what I read,” he shares.

Dyslexia, combined with constantly changing schools, caused Tom Cruise to be often bullied by friends throughout his youth. In addition, he is also insecure about his small figure and crooked teeth.

Love sports but got injured

Tom Cruise revealed that as a child, he was very energetic and liked to play many sports. Tom played football, baseball, basketball, hockey and even wrestled. He describes himself as a “wild child” and is reckless, can jump out of things, drive fast and likes to try risky things.

However, in his final year of high school, Tom Cruise suffered a knee injury so he gave up his dream of pursuing a sports career. At that time, Tom quit the football team and auditioned for the school play Guys and Dolls . A commercial director happened to see the performance and was impressed with Tom’s acting. He advised him to pursue a professional acting career. Therefore, he started going to New York every weekend, diligently auditioning for roles in musicals. Tom Cruise once missed his high school graduation ceremony to perform in the play Godspell .

In 1981, at the age of 19, Tom Cruise had his debut role in the movie Endless Love and later that year had a supporting role in Taps . Former Paramount Director Sherry Lansing commented that he immediately realized that Tom Cruise had a great talent. “He was always extremely focused and extremely polite,” he said.