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Cocktail (film)

Cocktail is a 1988 film about a talented New York City bartender who takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

• 1 Brian Flanagan
• 2 Jordan Mooney
• 3 Doug Coughlin
• 8 External links

Brian Flanagan

• Everything ends badly, otherwise, it would never end.
• I am the world's last barman poet! I see America drinking the fabulous cocktails I make. America is getting stinking on something I stir or shake. The Sex On The Beach...the Schnapps made from peach! The Velvet Hammer...the Alabama Slammer! I make things with juice and froth, the Pink Squirrel...the 3 Toed Sloth. I make drinks so sweet and snazzy, the Iced Tea...the Kamikazi! The Orgasm...the Death Spasm. The Singapore Sling...the Ding a Ling. America you're just devoted to every flavor I've got, but if you want to get loaded...why don't you just order a shot! Bar's open!!
• Days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, your life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours.

Jordan Mooney

• I am going to be VERY fat, and YOU are gonna love it!
• Your sexy smile isn't gonna work this time.

Doug Coughlin

• Coughlin's Law: Never show surprise, never lose your cool.
• You see, there are two kinds of people in this world, the workers and the hustlers. The hustlers never work and the workers never hustle and you my friend, are a worker.
• Anything else is always something better.
• A bartender is the aristocrat of the working class.
• I don't care how liberated this world becomes - a man will always be judged by the amount of alcohol he can consume - and a woman will be impressed, whether she likes it or not.
• Coughlin's Diet: Cocktails and dreams.
• Never tell tales about a woman, she'll hear you no matter how far away she is.
• The luck is gone, the brain is shot, but the liquor we still got.
• [in his suicide note to Brian] My dearest Brian, A guy like me looks in the mirror, he either grins, or he starts to fade away. And I haven't seen anything to grin about in a long time. This may not be the most graceful exit, but I know when the bottle's empty. The only thing I'm really going to miss is the conversations we had. At least I get the last word, even if I had to mail it in. Coughlin's Law: Bury the dead. They stink up the joint. As for the rest of Coughlin's Laws, ignore them. The guy was always full of shit. [chuckles bitterly] But I guess you knew that already.
• Uncle Pat : [On how to succeed in business] You outwork, outthink, outscheme and outmanuever. You make no friends. You trust nobody. And you make damn sure you're the smartest guy in the room whenever the subject of money comes up.
• When he pours, he reigns.
• They thought he was good, they were wrong... he was the best.
• Tom Cruise - Brian Flanagan
• Bryan Brown - Doug Coughlin
• Elisabeth Shue - Jordan Mooney
• Lisa Banes - Bonnie
• Laurence Luckinbill - Richard Mooney
• Kelly Lynch - Kerry Coughlin
• Gina Gershon - Coral
• Ron Dean - Uncle Pat
• Ellen Foley - Eleanor
• Gerry Bamman - Tourist
• Paul Benedict - Finance Teacher
• Kenneth John McGregor - Sculptor

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• Cocktail (film) at Allmovie
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Cocktail ( 1988 )

Directed by: Roger Donaldson

Starring: Tom Cruise , Elisabeth Shue , Bryan Brown , Lisa Banes

Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Doug: Coughlin's law: never tell tales about a woman, she'll hear you no matter how far away she is.

Brian: Days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, your life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours.

Brian: Should we let it breathe? Doug: It hasn't breathed for fifty years, it's dead. Let's just drink it.

Bonnie : Please, I don't want to end it this way. Brian: Jesus, everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end.

Doug: Coughlin's Law: anything else is always something better.

Doug: Coughlin's Law: bury the dead, they stink up the place.

Doug: You see, there are two kinds of people in this world: the workers and the hustlers. The hustlers never work and the workers never hustle.

Brian: I'm looking for the Manager. Doug: What's the problem? Did you find a hair in your quiche? Brian: No, I'm looking for a job. Doug: Ah, you'd like to put a hair in somebody else's quiche.

Brian: Listen, I'm sorry I called you a bitch. Eleanor: Why? I am a bitch.

Doug: When you see the color of their panties, you know you've got talent. Stick with me son and I'll make you a star.

Brian: I'll stick with the brew. Doug: Beer is for breakfast around here, drink or be gone.

Bonnie : Excuse me, do I have "fuck me" written on my forehead?

Brian: You're offering me a job? Doug: Uh huh. Brian: The waitresses hate me. Doug: You wait till you've given them crabs. Then you'll really know hatred.

Doug: Couglin's diet: cocktails and dreams.

Brian: Not a goddamned thing any one of those professors says makes a difference on the street. Doug: If you know that, you're ready to graduate.

Doug: Mighty Casey has struck out. Brian: The game's not over yet. It wouldn't be any fun if they fell over with their legs in the air, would it?

Brian: I'm willing to start at the bottom. Job Interviewer: You're aiming too high.

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Continuity mistake : Tom Cruise 's hair changes from long to short to long to short in some of the early scenes.

Trivia : The Jamaica Bar scenes were filmed at the "Dragon Bay" in San Ontonio, Jamacia.

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Mixing It Up: Exploring the Iconic Cocktails from the Movie “Cocktail”

• developer on September 19, 2023

“Cocktail,” the 1988 romantic drama film directed by Roger Donaldson, is not just a classic of its time; it’s a celebration of mixology and the art of crafting the perfect cocktail. Starring Tom Cruise as the charming bartender Brian Flanagan, the film takes us on a journey through the world of bartending, love, and friendship. Along the way, it introduces us to several iconic cocktails that have since become staples in the world of mixology. In this article, we’ll delve into the delicious details of these cocktails, their history, and how you can recreate them at home.

The Red Eye

Our journey through the world of “Cocktail” begins with the Red Ey e, a simple yet refreshing cocktail. In the movie, Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) impresses his mentor Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) by making this drink for the first time.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. tomato juice
• 1 dash of hot sauce
• 1 dash of Worcestershire sauce
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

• Fill a shaker with ice.
• Add vodka, tomato juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Shake well.
• Strain into a chilled glass filled with ice.
• Garnish with a lemon wedge and celery stick.

The Red Eye is a classic cocktail, often referred to as a “Bloody Mary Lite.” It’s perfect for those who enjoy the tangy flavors of tomato juice and a hint of spice.

The Woo Woo

Next up is the Woo Woo , a sweet and fruity cocktail that makes an appearance in the film during a beach party scene.

• 1/2 oz. peach schnapps
• 3 oz. cranberry juice
• Add vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice.
• Strain into a chilled glass.
• Garnish with a lime wedge or a cherry.

The Woo Woo is a delightful and easy-to-make cocktail, making it a favorite at parties and gatherings.

The Jamaican Bobsled

The Jamaican Bobsled is another fun and tropical cocktail featured in the movie. It’s a colorful and flavorful drink that reflects the movie’s beachy vibes.

• 1 1/2 oz. white rum
• 1/2 oz. coconut cream
• 1/2 oz. blue curaçao
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• Crushed ice
• Fill a blender with crushed ice.
• Add white rum, coconut cream, blue curaçao, and pineapple juice.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour into a chilled glass.
• Garnish with a pineapple slice and a cherry.

The Jamaican Bobsled is a tropical paradise in a glass. Its vibrant blue color and refreshing flavors make it a hit at beach-themed parties.

• The Last Barman Poet

Named after Brian Flanagan’s poetic ambitions in the movie, The Last Barman Poet is a cocktail that represents the artistry and creativity of bartending.

• 1 1/2 oz. light rum
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup
• 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
• Lime twist for garnish
• Add light rum, blue curaçao, lime juice, simple syrup, and pineapple juice.
• Shake vigorously.
• Strain into a chilled martini glass.
• Garnish with a lime twist.

The Last Barman Poet is a cocktail that pays homage to the creativity and passion of bartenders. Its bright blue color and balanced flavors make it a true work of art.

The Flaming Dr. Pepper

In one of the film’s most memorable scenes, Brian Flanagan and Doug Coughlin introduce the audience to the Flaming Dr. Pepper , a daring and fiery cocktail that involves lighting the drink on fire before consuming it.

• 3/4 oz. amaretto liqueur
• 1/4 oz. high-proof rum (overproof)
• 1/2 glass of beer (lager)
• Pour the amaretto into a shot glass.
• Float the high-proof rum on top of the amaretto.
• Fill a beer glass halfway with beer.
• Carefully ignite the amaretto and rum in the shot glass.
• Drop the flaming shot glass into the beer glass.
• Blow out the flame, and drink the cocktail quickly through a straw.

The Flaming Dr. Pepper is not for the faint of heart, but it’s undoubtedly a showstopper at any gathering.

But here is more. Here is a list of cocktails that are either made, mentioned, or play a role in various scenes throughout the film:

• Bloody Mary
• Brandy Alexander
• The Righteous Bison
• Black Russian
• Jamaican Bobsled
• The Frozen Banana Daiquiri
• Planters Punch
• Irish Coffee
• Old-Fashioned
• Vodka Martini
• Amaretto Sour
• Screwdriver
• Tom Collins
• Dry Martini
• Flaming Dr. Pepper

The movie “Cocktail” may be a love story, but it’s also a love letter to the art of mixology and the delightful world of cocktails. Each of the cocktails featured in the film has its unique charm and flavor profile, making them a hit with fans and cocktail enthusiasts alike. Whether you’re sipping on a Red Eye, enjoying the tropical vibes of the Jamaican Bobsled, or daring to try the Flaming Dr. Pepper, these cocktails are a testament to the creativity and craftsmanship that go into the world of mixology. So, the next time you watch “Cocktail,” consider shaking up one of these iconic drinks to enhance your viewing experience.

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[Last Barman poem] 

Brian : I am the last barman poet / I see America drinking the fabulous cocktails I make / Americans getting stinky on something I stir or shake / The sex on the beach / The schnapps made from peach / The velvet hammer / The Alabama slammer. / I make things with juice and froth / The pink squirrel / The three-toed sloth. / I make drinks so sweet and snazzy / The iced tea / The kamakazi / The orgasm / The death spasm / The Singapore sling / The dingaling. / America you've just been devoted to every flavor I got / But if you want to got loaded / Why don't you just order a shot? / Bar is open.

Bonnie : Please, I don't want to end it this way.

Brian : Jesus, everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end.

Brian : Days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, your life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours.

[last lines] 

Jordan : Bet I can still spook you.

Brian : No way.

[she whispers in his ear] 

Brian : Twins? Twins?

[to everyone] 

Brian : Twins! Drinks are on the house!

Uncle Pat : No! No!

Brian : The bar is open!

[Flanagan's advice to his unborn child:] 

Brian : If Jordan gives birth to a fine Irish son / There will be Cocktails and Dreams for him one day to run / A business that will yield the financial windfall / To be franchised in every suburban shopping mall. / If a daughter arrives to bless our clan / I guess the shit will finally hit the fan / But this I shall promise thee / I'll never let her marry a guy like me. / Still if our child is the naughtiest of girls or the wildest of young men / I swear I'll be the best dad I can / And never ever get spooked again.

Brian : Coughlin's law: never show surprise, never lose your cool.

Brian : You're offering me a job?

Doug : Uh huh.

Brian : The waitresses hate me!

Doug : You wait till you've given them crabs. Then you'll really know hatred.

Brian : Should we let it breathe?

Doug : It hasn't breathed for fifty years, it's dead. Let's just drink it.

[Jordan is drawing a picture of Brian] 

Brian : So this is your profession.

Jordan : More like my... obsession.

Brian : To pay the rent?

Jordan : Someday it will.

Brian : I'm willing to start at the bottom.

Job Interviewer : You're aiming too high.

Brian : I'm looking for the Manager.

Doug : What's the problem? Did you find a hair in your quiche?

Brian : No, I'm looking for a job.

Doug : Ah, you'd like to put a hair in somebody else's quiche.

Doug : Mighty Casey has struck out.

Brian : The game's not over yet. It wouldn't be any fun if they fell over with their legs in the air, would it?

Brian : I'll stick with the brew.

Doug : Beer is for breakfast around here, drink or be gone.

[Jordan has returned to her father's Park Avenue penthouse to find Brian arguing with him] 

Brian : I think there's a chance for us.

Jordan : Brian, there is no "us." There's too many things about "us" that don't work.

Brian : What about the baby? A kid needs a father.

Jordan : Not one who's not going to be around in a year?

Mr. Mooney : Yeah, with your lifestyle, what kind of a father would you...

Jordan : Dad!

Brian : Listen, I'm sorry I called you a bitch.

Eleanor : Why? I am a bitch.

Brian : Not a goddamned thing any one of those professors says makes a difference on the street.

Doug : If you know that, you're ready to graduate.

Mr. Mooney : You're on your own.

Brian : That's the only way I want it.

Brian : [telling Bonnie he's moving out of her place]  I left a can of Spam in your refrigerator... I hope your Brewers Yeast doesn't take it personally.

Brian : [looking at Jordan's painting]  Is this our waterfall?

Jordan : No.

Brian : It's terrific.

Jordan : Yeah, it's all right. The name's Mooney, not Monet.

Bonnie : I've been thinking about you all day.

Brian : Really? A plane ride home will cure that.

Jordan : What are you doing here?

Brian : I bet you thought you'd never see me again.

Jordan : *Hoped* is a better word!

[first lines] 

Brian : Come on, put it to the floor! Come on! Let's go!

Brian : You wouldn't treat a stray dog like this.

Jordan : A stray dog can be *loyal*.

Brian : I can't *make it with my best friend's old lady.

Kerry Coughlin : Ami I supposed to live with the same man *forever and no one else in my life?

Brian : Yes! It's called *marriage.

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"Cocktail" tells the story of two bartenders and their adventures in six bars and several bedrooms. What is remarkable, given the subject, is how little the movie knows about bars or drinking.

Early in the film, there's a scene where the two bartenders stage an elaborately choreographed act behind the bar. They juggle bottles in unison, one spins ice cubes into the air and the other one catches them, and then they flip bottles at each other like a couple of circus jugglers. All of this is done to rock 'n' roll music, and it takes them about four minutes to make two drinks. They get a roaring ovation from the customers in their crowded bar, which is a tip-off to the movie's glossy phoniness. This isn't bartending, it's a music video, and real drinkers wouldn't applaud, they'd shout: "Shut up and pour!" The bartenders in the film are played by Tom Cruise , as a young ex-serviceman who dreams of becoming a millionaire, and Bryan Brown , as a hard-bitten veteran who has lots of cynical advice. Brown advises Cruise to keep his eyes open for a "rich chick," because that's his ticket to someday opening his own bar. Cruise is ready for this advice.

He studies self-help books and believes that he'll be rich someday, if only he gets that big break. The movie is supposed to be about how he outgrows his materialism, although the closing scenes leave room for enormous doubts about his redemption.

The first part of the movie works the best. That's when Cruise drops out of school, becomes a full-time bartender, makes Brown his best friend and learns to juggle those bottles. In the real world, Cruise and Brown would be fired for their time-wasting grandstanding behind the bar, but in this movie they get hired to work in a fancy disco where they have a fight over a girl and Cruise heads for Jamaica.

There, as elsewhere, his twinkling eyes and friendly smile seem irresistible to the women on the other side of the bar, and he lives in a world of one-night stands. That's made possible by the fact that no one in this movie has ever heard of AIDS, not even the rich female fashion executive ( Lisa Banes ) who picks Cruise up and takes him back to Manhattan with her.

What do you think? Do you believe a millionaire Manhattan woman executive in her 30s would sleep with a wildly promiscuous bartender she picks up on the beach? Not unless she was seriously drunk. And that's another area this movie knows little about: the actual effects of drinking. Sure, Cruise gets tanked a couple of times and staggers around a little and throws a few punches. But given the premise that he and Brown drink all of the time, shouldn't they be drunk, or hung over, at least most of the time? Not in this fantasy world.

If the film had stuck to the relationship between Cruise and Brown, it might have had a chance. It makes a crucial error when it introduces a love story, involving Cruise and Elisabeth Shue , as a vacationing waitress from New York. They find true love, which is shattered when Shue sees Cruise with the rich Manhattan executive.

After the executive takes Cruise back to New York and tries to turn him into a pampered stud, he realizes his mistake and apologizes to Shue, only to discover, of course, that she is pregnant - and rich.

The last stages of the movie were written, directed and acted on automatic pilot, as Shue's millionaire daddy tries to throw Cruise out of the penthouse but love triumphs. There is not a moment in the movie's last half-hour that is not borrowed from other movies, and eventually even the talented and graceful Cruise can be seen laboring with the ungainly reversals in the script. Shue, who does whatever is possible with her role, is handicaped because her character is denied the freedom to make natural choices; at every moment, her actions are dictated by the artificial demands of the plot.

It's a shame the filmmakers didn't take a longer, harder look at this material. The movie's most interesting character is the older bartender, superbly played by Brown, who never has a false moment. If the film had been told from his point of view, it would have been a lot more interesting, but box-office considerations no doubt required the center of gravity to shift to Cruise and Shue.

One of the weirdest things about "Cocktail"' is the so-called message it thinks it contains. Cruise is painted throughout the film as a cynical, success-oriented 1980s materialist who wants only to meet a rich woman and own his own bar. That's why Shue doesn't tell him at first that she's rich. Toward the end of the movie, there's a scene where he allegedly chooses love over money, but then, a few months later, he is the owner and operator of his own slick Manhattan singles bar.

How did he finance it? There's a throwaway line about how he got some money from his uncle, a subsistence-level bartender who can't even afford a late-model car. Sure. It costs a fortune to open a slick singles bar in Manhattan, and so we are left with the assumption that Cruise's rich father-in-law came through with the financing. If the movie didn't want to leave that impression, it shouldn't have ended with the scene in the bar. But then this is the kind of movie that uses Cruise's materialism as a target all through the story and then rewards him for it at the end. The more you think about what really happens in "Cocktail," the more you realize how empty and fabricated it really is.

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Cocktail (1988)

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Laurence Luckinbill as Mr. Mooney

Tom Cruise as Brian Flanagan

Lisa Banes as Bonnie

Elisabeth Shue as Jordan Mooney

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• Neil Travis
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Tom Cruise has been an acclaimed actor and producer from the '80s onwards, known for his versatility as an actor, and having charming good looks as a bonus.

Born on 3 July 1962 in New York, Tom began acting in high school and landed his first minor role in his debut film 'Endless Love' (1981). His big break as an actor came two years later, in his portrayal of a high schooler in the 1983 hit 'Risky Business'.

After his first successful movie, Tom Cruise became an icon for his work in 'Top Gun' (1986) which gave him recognition as a star actor in the industry.

After this, he worked as an actor in several legendary movies such as 'Born On The Fourth Of July' (1989) and 'Jerry Maguire' (1996), which earnt him Oscar nominations, 'Minority Report' (2002), 'Interview With A Vampire' (1994), 'Rain Man' (1988), 'Collateral' (2004), 'The Last Samurai' (2003), 'Edge Of Tomorrow' (2014) and the 'Mission Impossible' series.

Tom is not just popular for his skills as an actor, as he also insists on performing almost all of his action sequences by himself without relying on the work of a stunt double. Part of the reason why his action movies are so sought after is that they tend to include these realistic action-filled moments.

Over the past few decades, Tom has made his mark in the industry as one of the most successful actors with many memorable performances.

His fans are often found quoting his most famous lines such as "Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends", "I love kids, I was a kid myself, once", or the iconic, "Show me the money! ".

Tom Cruise has given over 40 movies to the movie industry, both as an actor and a producer in some of them.

So let's take a look at his journey through this collection of Tom Cruise movie quotes, and once you've enjoyed these Tom Cruise quotes we've got more iconic quotes here, with these Tom Hanks quotes and Leonardo Dicaprio quotes.

Tom Cruise movies are entertaining and filled with action, with some great new lines worth remembering.

1. "Show me the money."

-Tom Cruise, 'Jerry Maguire'.

2. "It was great the way her mind worked. No guilt, no doubts, no fear. None of my specialties. Just the shameless pursuit of immediate gratification. What a capitalist."

-Tom Cruise, 'Risky Business'.

3. "People are dying every day over there, and nobody back here even seems to care."

-Tom Cruise, 'Born On The Fourth Of July'.

4. "Porsche. There is no substitute."

5. "You complete me."

6. "Well the rain is a lot like the shower, you get a little wet. What do you say, Ray? What do you say?"

-Tom Cruise, 'Rain Man'.

7. "Sometimes, Stevie, I think people, they know you're back from Vietnam, and their face - changes: the eyes, the voice, the way they look at you, you know."

8. "Help me help you."

9. "The witness is excused."

-Tom Cruise, 'A Few Good Men'.

10. "That's amazing! He is amazing! He should work for NASA or something like that."

11. "Should we or should we not follow the advice of the galactically stupid!"

-Tom Cruise., 'A Few Good Men'.

12. "I want to be a man again. Who's going to love me, Dad? Who's ever going to love me? Who's going to love me?"

13. "When it came right down to it, I just wasn't attracted to her."

14. "Don’t call me son. I’m a lawyer and an officer in the United States Navy, and you’re under arrest."

15. "I served my country and they just want to take from it, just take, take! Love it or leave it, that's what I think."

16. "Casinos have house rules: they don't like to lose. So you never show that you're counting cards. That is the cardinal sin, Ray."

17. "Is the colonel's underwear a matter of national security?"

-Tom Cruise, ' A Few Good Men '.

18. "What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name. And this morning we had pancakes."

19. "Don't you know what it means to me to be a Marine, Dad? Ever since I was a kid I've wanted this - I've wanted to serve my country."

20. "It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four-letter word."

Tom Cruise quotes from the hilarious parody movie 'Tropic Thunder', in which he plays Les Grossman.

21. "So whatever you're thinking, you'd better think again!"

-Tom Cruise, 'Tropic Thunder'.

22. "You paying attention? I'm talking — G5, Pecker. That's how you can roll."

23. "See, this is the good part, Pecker. This is when the job gets fun. Ask — and you shall receive."

24. "Speedman is a dying star. A white dwarf headed for a black hole. That's physics. It's inevitable."

25. "We don't negotiate with terrorists."

26. "The universe is talking to us right now. You just gotta listen."

27. "You play ball, we play ball. I know you want the goodies."

28. "Let's face it, the kids aren't exactly dressing up as The Scorcher for Purim anymore."

29. "Or, you can grow a conscience in the next five minutes and see where that takes you."

30. "A nutless monkey could do your job. Now, go get drunk and take credit at all the parties."

Quotes from the romantic comedy, 'Cocktail', in which Tom plays the lead, Brian Flanagan.

31. "Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end."

-Tom Cruise, 'Cocktail'.

32. "Believe me, Bonnie. You are gonna wake up tomorrow morning with a sigh of relief because I'm not there."

33. "Days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, your life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours."

34. "Come on, put it to the floor! Come on! Let's go!"

35. "The game's not over yet."

36. "I swear I'll be the best dad I can."

37. "Coughlin's law: never show surprise, never lose your cool."

38. "I left a can of Spam in your refrigerator, I hope your Brewer's Yeast doesn't take it personally."

39. "Talk is overrated as a means of resolving disputes."

40. "I'm willing to start at the bottom."

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41. "I think a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed."

-Tom Cruise, 'The Last Samurai'.

42. "Every soldier has nightmares."

43. "For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free."

44. "I just realized, I've been remiss. Forgive me, I forgot to thank you for protecting me yesterday. That is your job right? Protecting me. Well done 'Bob.'"

45. "They don't cut the heads off defeated, kneeling men."

46. "He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend. And his troopers died for it."

47. "Because they come to destroy what I have come to love."

48. "I am surprised to learn that the word Samurai means, 'to serve', and that Katsumoto believes his rebellion to be in the service of the Emperor."

49. "My thanks, on behalf of those who died in the name of better mechanical amusements and commercial opportunities."

50. "There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future."

Tom Cruise quotes from the science fiction thriller with some mind-bending themes, in which Tom plays the role of a special unit police officer Chief John Anderton.

51. "There hasn't been a murder in six years. The system, it is perfect."

-Tom Cruise, 'Minority Report'.

52. "You'll rot in hell with a halo, but people will still believe in precrime. All you have to do is kill me like they said you would. Except you know your own future, which means you can change it if you want to."

53. "You see the dilemma, don't you. If you don't kill me, precogs were wrong and precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. The precogs were right."

54. "I'm not being set up. I really am going to kill this man."

55. "Every day for the last six years I've thought of only two things. The first is what Sean would look like if he were alive today if I would recognize him if I saw him on the street, the second is what I would do to the man who took him if I ever found him."

56. "I need your help. You contain information. I need to know how to get at it."

57. "I'm not a murderer. I've never even met the man I'm supposed to kill."

58. "But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen."

59. "I have to know. I have to find out what happened to my life."

60. "Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me what it is you're looking for?"

These Tom Cruise quotes are from the movie that put Tom Cruise in the limelight with his defining role as the Navy jet pilot Maverick.

61. "It's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."

-Tom Cruise, 'Top Gun'.

62. "I feel the need... the need for speed!"

63. "You think I'm reckless? When I fly, I'll have you know that my crew and my plane come first."

64. "Sorry, Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower."

65. "I will fire when I'm good and ready! You got that?"

66. "You don't have time to think up there. If you think, you're dead."

67. "Just a walk in the park, Kazansky."

68. "I can see it's dangerous for you, but if the government trusts me, maybe you could."

69. "She's lost that loving feeling."

70. "This is what I call a target-rich environment."

Tom Cruise plays the antagonist, Vincent, in the hit thriller, 'Collateral'.

71. "A guy gets on the MTA here L.A. and dies. Think anybody'll notice?"

-Tom Cruise, 'Collateral'.

72. "Most people — same job, same gig, doing the same thing 10 years from now. Us, we don’t know what we are doing 10 minutes from now."

73. "Cause you’re good. We’re in this together. Fates intertwined. Cosmic coincidence."

74. "Max, six billion people on the planet, you're getting bent out of shape cause of one fat guy."

75. "There’s no good reason, there’s no bad reason to live or to die."

76. "Well, tens of thousands killed before sundown. Nobody's killed people that fast since Nagasaki and Hiroshima . Did you bat an eye, Max?"

77. "No, I shot him. Bullets and the fall killed him."

78. "Get with it. Millions of galaxies of hundreds of millions of stars, in a speck on one in a blink. That's us, lost in space. The cop, you, me... Who notices?"

79. "17 million people. This was a country, it'd be the fifth biggest economy in the world and nobody knows each other. I read about this guy, gets on the MTA here, dies."

80. "Take comfort in knowing you never had a choice."

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81. "I am the storm."

-Tom Cruise, 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'.

82. "The countdown is not helping."

-Tom Cruise, 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'.

83. "So the key to crushing Lane is sitting in a computer, just waiting for someone to take it."

-Tom Cruise, 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'.

84. "The terminal is in a black vault lockdown. The only person allowed in the room has to pass through a series of security checks."

-Tom Cruise, 'Mission: Impossible'.

85. "I have a charge in my head, I'm gonna die unless you kill me."

-Tom Cruise, 'Mission: Impossible III'.

86. "I can't protect you, that's why I need you to leave."

87. "If you're dealing with a man who has crushed, shot, stabbed, and detonated five members of his own IMF team, how devastated do you think you're gonna make him by hauling mom and uncle Donald down to the county courthouse?"

88. "It's a one-way street adjacent to the Vatican wall. We'll need thirty seconds and I'll need a truck."

89. "I'm not in the plane, I'm on the plane! Open the door!"

90. "Benji, we're trying to keep a low profile. You want drama, go to the opera."

91. "Look, Walker, whatever you've heard, if it makes your skin crawl, it's probably true."

92. "The Secretary is dead. The President has invoked Ghost Protocol. We're shut down. No satellite, safe house, support, or extraction. The four of us and the contents of this car are all that remains of the IMF."

93. "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it."

-Tom Cruise, 'Mission Impossible - Fallout'.

94. "This whole valley's gonna be incinerated in 15 minutes."

95. "Desperate times, desperate measures."

96. "We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now let's see what chance it has."

-Tom Cruise, 'Mission: Impossible 2'.

97. "Let me put it this way. If the Secretary wanted me out of there, it must be pretty bad out here."

98. "I let you know where I'm going... I won't be on holiday."

99. "You've never seen me very upset."

100. "What's done is done, when we say it's done."

Famous Tom Cruise quotes from real life that will inspire us to work hard to achieve our goals.

101. "I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning."

-Tom Cruise.

102. "I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want."

103. "I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read."

104. "I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing."

105. "I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life."

106. "When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that includes all my personal things."

107. "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."

108. "The stunts, each time, we keep pushing ourselves harder and harder. And they are stunts, so there's always a danger in doing them, but fortunately, I have not had a problem."

109. "When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with."

110. "I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve."

111. "I don't care who you are, life has challenges."

112. "Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them."

113. "In this life, it’s not what you hope for, it’s not what you deserve – it’s what you take!"

114. "I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me because I try to lead my life like that."

115. "If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times."

116. "When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you’re going to swim."

117. "I've had such extremes in my life. From being this kind of wild kid to one year studying to be a Franciscan priest at the seminary."

118. "Here's how I've lived my life: I’ve never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love."

119. "It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use."

120. "I always look for a challenge and something that’s different."

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Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for 'never'.

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.

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.

No dream is ever just a dream.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

I don't pretend to be the character. I am the character.

I feel the need... the need for speed.

Sex is great, if you are in a relationship. Otherwise, I find sex actually not so interesting. Without a relationship it is confusing.

There is Life in every breath.

When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion.

The important thing is to be relaxed in your work. Same in life. Don't make everything too intense. Then you can let everything go and not "act".

Perception and reality are two different things.

I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems.

I don't care who you are, life has challenges.

My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule.

I don't care if you print something nasty about me. If it's true, fine. I don't care. But just make sure it's the truth.

I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

I just eat life... I engage in life.

When I was about 7 years old, I had been labeled dyslexic. I'd try to concentrate on what I was reading, then I'd get to the end of the page and have very little memory of anything I'd read. I would go blank, feel anxious, nervous, bored, frustrated, dumb. I would get angry. My legs would actually hurt when I was studying. My head ached. All through school and well into my career, I felt like I had a secret. When I'd go to a new school, I wouldn't want the other kids to know about my learning disability, but then I'd be sent off to remedial reading.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.

It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.

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“Someday? Someday my dream will come? One night you will wake up and discover it never happened. It's all turned around on you. It never will. Suddenly you are old. Didn't happen, and it never will, because you were never going to do it anyway. You'll push it into memory and then zone out in your barco lounger, being hypnotized by daytime TV for...” (continue) (continue reading) Tom Cruise - Vincent

“Someday. That's a dangerous word . It's really just a code for 'never'.” Tom Cruise - Roy Miller

“- Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny? - Nathan Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed.” Ken Watanabe - Katsumoto Tom Cruise - Nathan Algren

“Benji, we're trying to keep a low profile. You want drama, go to the opera .” Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt

“- Lt. Sam Weinberg: Nobody likes the whites, but we're going to Cuba. You got Dramamine? - Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Dramamine keeps you cool? - Lt. Sam Weinberg: No, Dramamine keeps you from throwing up. You get sick when you fly. - Lt. Daniel Kaffee: I get sick when I fly because I'm afraid of crashing into a large mountain . I don't think...” (continue) (continue reading) Kevin Pollak - Lt. Sam Weinberg Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee

“I'm a soldier , I serve my country. But this is not my country. I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, if I die now, I leave nothing to my children but shame. I know now there is only one way to serve Germany, and doing so I'll be a traitor... I accept that.” Tom Cruise - Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg

“Look at the people. Now tell me which ones are free. Free from debt. Anxiety. Stress. Fear. Failure. Indignity. Betrayal . How many wish that they were born knowing what they know now? Ask yourself how many would do things the same way over again?” Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher

“- Rachel Ferrier: I'm allergic to peanut butter. - Ray Ferrier: Since when? - Rachel Ferrier: Birth.” Dakota Fanning - Rachel Ferrier Tom Cruise - Ray Ferrier

“There are four types of people who join the military. For some, it's a family trade . Others are patriots , eager to serve. Next, you have those who just need a job. Then there's the kind who want a legal means of killing other people.” Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher

“- Raymond Babbitt: 246 total. - Charlie Babbitt: How many? - Sally Dibbs: 250. - Charlie Babbitt: Pretty close. - Sally Dibbs: There's four left in the box.” Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt Bonnie Hunt - Sally Dibbs

“- Katsumoto: I will die by the sword. My own, or my enemy's. - Nathan Algren: Then let it be your enemy's.” Ken Watanabe - Katsumoto Tom Cruise - Nathan Algren

“I tried to prove myself to you, but I know nothing of books, or alphabets, or sun, or moon or… All I know is Joseph loves Shannon.” Tom Cruise - Joseph Donnelly

“- Nathan Algren: What else has she told you? - Katsumoto: That you have nightmares . - Nathan Algren: Every soldier has nightmares . - Katsumoto: Only one who is ashamed of what he has done.” Tom Cruise - Nathan Algren Ken Watanabe - Katsumoto

“We walk , and Afghanistan reverts back to the Taliban. Only now the Taliban has metastasized into something infinitely more vicious and potent because they're now 2-0 versus superpowers. They butcher the people who helped us, who voted and were stupid enough to put their faith in our word . So call it not only the end of hope for 10s of millions...” (continue) (continue reading) Tom Cruise - Senator Jasper Irving

“- Maverick : Mustang, this is Maverick , requesting fly-by. - Air Boss Johnson: Negative, Ghost Rider. The Pattern is full. - Merlin: Uh, excuse me, something I should know about? - Air Boss Johnson: [gets his coffee] Thank you. [ Maverick does a fly-by past the Enterprise , causing Air Boss Johnson to spill his coffee] - Air Boss Johnson: Goddamn...” (continue) (continue reading) Tom Cruise - Maverick Duke Stroud - Air Boss Johnson Tim Robbins - Merlin

“Evil is a point of view . God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.” Tom Cruise - Lestat

- Miles: Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck", make your move. Joel, every now and then, saying "What the fuck" brings freedom. Freedom brings opportunity, opportunity makes your future. So, your parents are going out of town . You got the place all to yourself. - Joel Goodson: Yeah. - Miles: What the fuck. Curtis Armstrong - Miles Dalby Tom Cruise - Joel

“I'm a soldier , but in serving my country, I have betrayed my conscience.” Tom Cruise - Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg

“You see the dilemma don't you. If you don't kill me, precogs were wrong and precrime is over. If you do kill me, you go away, but it proves the system works. The precogs were right. So, what are you going to do now? What's it worth?” Tom Cruise - Chief John Anderton

“What does it mean to be Samurai? To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles. To seek a stillness of your mind. And to master the way of the sword.” Tom Cruise - Nathan Algren

“- Bonnie: Please, I don't want to end it this way. - Brian: Jesus , everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end.” Lisa Banes - Bonnie Tom Cruise - Brian Flanagan

“You bitch! Why didn't you just tell me it was a Rum and Coke?!” Tom Cruise - Brian Flanagan

“I left a can of Spam in your refrigerator... I hope your Brewers Yeast doesn't take it personally.” Tom Cruise - Brian Flanagan

“You're not God, Nickerson. You're just a typing teacher .” Tom Cruise - Stefen Djordjevic

“- Kittridge: I can understand you're very upset. - Ethan Hunt: Kitridge, you've never seen me very upset. - Kittridge: All right, Hunt. Enough is enough. You have bribed, cajoled, and killed, and you have done it using loyalties on the inside. You want to shake hands with the devil, that's fine with me. I just want to make sure that you do it in...” (continue) (continue reading) Henry Czerny - Kittridge Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt

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Tom Cruise's first wife was 'very present' on “Cocktail” set, says Gina Gershon: 'We did kiss as much as we could'

The actress recalls meeting Mimi Rogers fresh off her wedding to Cruise on set of the 1988 romance.

It seemed like risky business for Gina Gershon to film love scenes with Tom Cruise while his new bride was on set.

Gershon looked back on filming her first ever love scene opposite Cruise on the set of the 1988 romance Cocktail during a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live , sharing with host Andy Cohen that her costar's first wife, fellow actress Mimi Rogers , "was very present."

"He had just gotten married," Gershon said, quipping, "But we did kiss as much as we could. Every scene it was like, ‘Should we kiss in the scene?' 'Oh yeah, I think we should kiss.’ It was my first love scene ever.”

"And did he take care of you?" Cohen asked.

"Totally," Gershon replied, calling Cruise a "gentleman" before relaying a familiar anecdote about believing that she had broken his nose while filming the love scene. "At one point, he starts off under the covers, and I told him I was very ticklish, I said, ‘No, no, don’t ever do that.'”

During a take, "I think he wanted a reaction," Gershon said. "And he grabbed my stomach, and I kneed him right in the nose. I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I just broke Tom Cruise’s nose.’ He’s like, ‘No, no, you told me.’ I was like, ‘I’m so sorry,’ he was like, ‘No, it was my fault.'”

"He was so overprotective over me. He was great," Gershon added.

Cruise was married to Rogers, known for her roles in films Gung Ho and Someone to Watch Over Me, between 1987 and 1990.

From director Roger Donaldson, Cocktail followed Cruise who played an ambitious young bartender who opens a bar in Jamaica and falls in love with an artist played by Elisabeth Shue . The romance dramedy also starred Bryan Brown, Laurence Luckinbill, and Lisa Banes.

During her appearance on WWHL , Gershon was on hand to promote her new action sci-fi film Borderlands with costar Cate Blanchett , who got a kick out of the latter's Cruise anecdotes. Based on the best-selling video game series of the same name, Borderlands follows a ragtag team of misfits who band together to battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits in the planet of Pandora.

"I wanted to make something totally bonkers and bats--- crazy that has the insanity of  The Fifth Element  or  Escape From New York ," director Eli Roth said in EW's Borderlands cover story for Comic-Con . "I think there's a spirit of anarchy and absurdity in the game. I wanted the movie to have that same spirit as well: a movie completely made by lunatics."

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Gina Gershon nearly put her first onscreen love interest in the hospital.

The actress recently recalled filming her “first love scene ever” with Tom Cruise in their 1988 movie Cocktail , during which he was a total “gentleman,” despite the fact that she “kneed him right in the nose.”

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Although Cruise’s then-wife Mimi Rogers “was very present” on set as they had “just gotten married,” Gershon said she and her co-star “did kiss as much as we could,” adding: “Every scene it was like, ‘Should we kiss in the scene?’ ‘Oh yeah, I think we should kiss.’ It was my first love scene ever.”

Gershon appeared on WWHL with Borderlands co-star Cate Blanchett to promote their new video game movie, which premiered Friday in theaters. The Eli Roth -helmed adaptation also stars Jamie Lee Curtis , Kevin Hart , Jack Black , Edgar Ramirez , Ariana Greenblatt and more.

Meanwhile, Cruise is planning to appear at Sunday’s closing ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he will reportedly do a live stunt as the Olympic flag is handed over to 2028 Summer Olympics host city Los Angeles.

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