Tom Cruise Explains Why He Risks His Life For Movies | Mission:Impossible Dead Reckoning Cast
Oct 28, 2025
Mission Impossible
Dead Reckoning Premiere
Tom Cruise and the cast of Mission Impossible hit the red carpet for the UK Premiere of Mission:Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1!
Tom Cruise told us why he risks his life for his movies and why he continues to push the boundaries of cinema; Simon Pegg told us why Mission:Impossible doesn't suffer from the same burnout that other action franchises do, and Pom Klementieff discusses the difference between Mantis and her Mission:Impossible character, Paris.
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just who I am I just have I have massive
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just who I am I just have I have massive
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just who I am I just have I have massive curiosity and a sense of adventure
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curiosity and a sense of adventure
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curiosity and a sense of adventure that I
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that I
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that I I just can't you know get enough of it
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I just can't you know get enough of it
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I just can't you know get enough of it hello again hi how's it going I'm good
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hello again hi how's it going I'm good
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hello again hi how's it going I'm good how are you nice to see you let me just
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how are you nice to see you let me just
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how are you nice to see you let me just see you yeah here we are again I know uh
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see you yeah here we are again I know uh
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see you yeah here we are again I know uh first things first love Pursuit thank
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first things first love Pursuit thank
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first things first love Pursuit thank you very much I'm getting married in a
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you very much I'm getting married in a
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you very much I'm getting married in a few years time is there any chance I can
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few years time is there any chance I can
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few years time is there any chance I can borrow it well Joshua Kane he's a very
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borrow it well Joshua Kane he's a very
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borrow it well Joshua Kane he's a very good designer he works in Murray Barn so
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good designer he works in Murray Barn so
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good designer he works in Murray Barn so there's been a lot of talk recently
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there's been a lot of talk recently
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there's been a lot of talk recently about some action franchises struggling
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about some action franchises struggling
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about some action franchises struggling to maintain their popularity yeah one of
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to maintain their popularity yeah one of
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to maintain their popularity yeah one of the few exceptions to that is Mission
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the few exceptions to that is Mission
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the few exceptions to that is Mission Impossible yeah why do you think that is
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Impossible yeah why do you think that is
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Impossible yeah why do you think that is because we never just kind of like relax
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because we never just kind of like relax
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because we never just kind of like relax and say okay we know how to do this now
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and say okay we know how to do this now
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and say okay we know how to do this now you know Tom and McKeel would be the
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you know Tom and McKeel would be the
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you know Tom and McKeel would be the first people to admit that they're
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first people to admit that they're
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first people to admit that they're students of Cinema you know they're
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students of Cinema you know they're
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students of Cinema you know they're they're always learning even at the
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they're always learning even at the
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they're always learning even at the their accomplished stage they're always
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their accomplished stage they're always
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their accomplished stage they're always picking up new things discovering new
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picking up new things discovering new
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picking up new things discovering new ways to push the boundaries and they
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ways to push the boundaries and they
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ways to push the boundaries and they always want to make a film which is
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always want to make a film which is
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always want to make a film which is bigger and more ambitious than the last
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bigger and more ambitious than the last
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bigger and more ambitious than the last one and they won't really rest until
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one and they won't really rest until
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one and they won't really rest until they do that they wouldn't feel like
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they do that they wouldn't feel like
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they do that they wouldn't feel like they were treating the audience
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they were treating the audience
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they were treating the audience correctly if they weren't doing that so
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correctly if they weren't doing that so
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correctly if they weren't doing that so I think that desire to just challenge
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I think that desire to just challenge
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I think that desire to just challenge each other ourselves create something
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each other ourselves create something
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each other ourselves create something new that that's what makes the films you
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new that that's what makes the films you
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new that that's what makes the films you know sort of resist the the falling off
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know sort of resist the the falling off
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know sort of resist the the falling off effect which often happens
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effect which often happens
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effect which often happens audiences one we want
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thank you for our photo yesterday it
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thank you for our photo yesterday it
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thank you for our photo yesterday it really made no we were so touched when
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really made no we were so touched when
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really made no we were so touched when you said that it was really sweet thank
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you said that it was really sweet thank
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you said that it was really sweet thank you so much great to see you too
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you so much great to see you too
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you so much great to see you too yesterday you told me at the junk here
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yesterday you told me at the junk here
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yesterday you told me at the junk here that you decided to take a leap of faith
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that you decided to take a leap of faith
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that you decided to take a leap of faith and you moved to LA yeah you struggled
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and you moved to LA yeah you struggled
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and you moved to LA yeah you struggled to level language and all of that how
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to level language and all of that how
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to level language and all of that how can you even fit into words how it feels
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can you even fit into words how it feels
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can you even fit into words how it feels right now to be here on the red carpet
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right now to be here on the red carpet
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right now to be here on the red carpet you've had not one but two huge movies
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you've had not one but two huge movies
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you've had not one but two huge movies coming out of the it's uh it's
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coming out of the it's uh it's
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coming out of the it's uh it's crazy you know
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crazy you know
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crazy you know um right earlier I had an interview and
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um right earlier I had an interview and
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um right earlier I had an interview and I said it's a dream come true and was
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I said it's a dream come true and was
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I said it's a dream come true and was like oh it was such a funny like frozen
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like oh it was such a funny like frozen
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like oh it was such a funny like frozen slip it's like dream come true but also
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slip it's like dream come true but also
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slip it's like dream come true but also tongue true
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tongue true
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tongue true anyways yes no but I love being the I
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anyways yes no but I love being the I
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anyways yes no but I love being the I love the franchise since I was a child
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love the franchise since I was a child
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love the franchise since I was a child you know and to get to be a part of part
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you know and to get to be a part of part
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you know and to get to be a part of part of it was you know such a gift what's
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of it was you know such a gift what's
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of it was you know such a gift what's been the hardest skill that you've had
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been the hardest skill that you've had
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been the hardest skill that you've had to learn throughout your career would
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to learn throughout your career would
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to learn throughout your career would you say
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you say
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you say I mean I don't know like you know the
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I mean I don't know like you know the
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I mean I don't know like you know the hardest is like oh you know the
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hardest is like oh you know the
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hardest is like oh you know the Precision you know you have to make sure
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Precision you know you have to make sure
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Precision you know you have to make sure that you can do the the the scenes uh so
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that you can do the the the scenes uh so
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that you can do the the the scenes uh so many times in a row so many days in a
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many times in a row so many days in a
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many times in a row so many days in a row so you have to be mentally prepared
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row so you have to be mentally prepared
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row so you have to be mentally prepared and also very skilled physically and
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and also very skilled physically and
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and also very skilled physically and it's all about control and and we make
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it's all about control and and we make
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it's all about control and and we make sure that everyone is safe but you know
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sure that everyone is safe but you know
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sure that everyone is safe but you know I worked with Incredible people like
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I worked with Incredible people like
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I worked with Incredible people like Wade Eastwood who does the
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Wade Eastwood who does the
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Wade Eastwood who does the suncoordination and uh you know it's a
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suncoordination and uh you know it's a
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suncoordination and uh you know it's a group work you know it's a teamwork and
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group work you know it's a teamwork and
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group work you know it's a teamwork and finally obviously this year we think
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finally obviously this year we think
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finally obviously this year we think about Manchester now and obviously
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about Manchester now and obviously
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about Manchester now and obviously possible coming out so what would you
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possible coming out so what would you
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possible coming out so what would you say the slim with the similarities
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say the slim with the similarities
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say the slim with the similarities between uh James Garner and Tom Cruise
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between uh James Garner and Tom Cruise
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between uh James Garner and Tom Cruise and Christopher Macquarie oh my God I
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and Christopher Macquarie oh my God I
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and Christopher Macquarie oh my God I thought you were like going to talk
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thought you were like going to talk
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thought you were like going to talk about mantis and Paris I'm like they're
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about mantis and Paris I'm like they're
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about mantis and Paris I'm like they're so different don't worry
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so different don't worry
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so different don't worry they're very different
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they're very different
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they're very different I think it's their their love for movie
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I think it's their their love for movie
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I think it's their their love for movie making and their their sense of um
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making and their their sense of um
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making and their their sense of um I don't know there's just like beautiful
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I don't know there's just like beautiful
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I don't know there's just like beautiful human beings and they care you know they
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human beings and they care you know they
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human beings and they care you know they care about the crew about the actors and
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care about the crew about the actors and
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care about the crew about the actors and they uh they take their time you know
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they uh they take their time you know
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they uh they take their time you know they're precise and detailed and um and
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they're precise and detailed and um and
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they're precise and detailed and um and it's just I don't know it's just people
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it's just I don't know it's just people
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it's just I don't know it's just people that I want to keep working with and
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that I want to keep working with and
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that I want to keep working with and it's not always the case you know all
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it's not always the case you know all
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it's not always the case you know all right so great to see how are you to see
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right so great to see how are you to see
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right so great to see how are you to see you congratulations on the movie
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you congratulations on the movie
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you congratulations on the movie [Laughter]
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[Laughter]
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[Laughter] throughout your career and throughout
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throughout your career and throughout
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throughout your career and throughout the mission impossible franchise you've
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the mission impossible franchise you've
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the mission impossible franchise you've always continued to push for boundaries
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always continued to push for boundaries
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always continued to push for boundaries of what's possible in cinema and I'd
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of what's possible in cinema and I'd
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of what's possible in cinema and I'd love to know what is it that's inside
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love to know what is it that's inside
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love to know what is it that's inside you that makes you want to keep on
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you that makes you want to keep on
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you that makes you want to keep on pushing those boundaries because it must
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pushing those boundaries because it must
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pushing those boundaries because it must be more than just thrill thinking it
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be more than just thrill thinking it
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be more than just thrill thinking it must be something else it's curiosity
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must be something else it's curiosity
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must be something else it's curiosity you know obviously it's a dream of mine
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you know obviously it's a dream of mine
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you know obviously it's a dream of mine since I was a little kid it was just who
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since I was a little kid it was just who
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since I was a little kid it was just who I am like just have I have massive
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I am like just have I have massive
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I am like just have I have massive curiosity and a sense of adventure
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curiosity and a sense of adventure
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curiosity and a sense of adventure um that I
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um that I
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um that I I just can't you know get enough of it I
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I just can't you know get enough of it I
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I just can't you know get enough of it I I in terms of stories and cultures in
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I in terms of stories and cultures in
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I in terms of stories and cultures in the world it's something that I am I
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the world it's something that I am I
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the world it's something that I am I love traveling and not just being a
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love traveling and not just being a
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love traveling and not just being a tourist but I want to work in those
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tourist but I want to work in those
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tourist but I want to work in those places and work with them and I look at
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places and work with them and I look at
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places and work with them and I look at things and I I just think of you know
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things and I I just think of you know
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things and I I just think of you know how I can represent it in cinema I just
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how I can represent it in cinema I just
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how I can represent it in cinema I just have a passion for this my whole life I
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have a passion for this my whole life I
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have a passion for this my whole life I have it's just I can't explain it it's
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have it's just I can't explain it it's
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have it's just I can't explain it it's just who I am
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which begs the question can I get on
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which begs the question can I get on
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which begs the question can I get on your Christmas cake list
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your Christmas cake list
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your Christmas cake list is that the third time that you've asked
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is that the third time that you've asked
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is that the third time that you've asked uh second time
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great to see you Tom congratulations
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great to see you Tom congratulations
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great to see you Tom congratulations Simon pack told me yesterday that uh
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Simon pack told me yesterday that uh
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Simon pack told me yesterday that uh during the pandemic Tom felt like the
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during the pandemic Tom felt like the
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during the pandemic Tom felt like the thing he loves doing the most making
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thing he loves doing the most making
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thing he loves doing the most making movies really came under threat is that
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movies really came under threat is that
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movies really came under threat is that the reason why you guys came back so
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the reason why you guys came back so
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the reason why you guys came back so hard with top gun Maverick and now
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hard with top gun Maverick and now
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hard with top gun Maverick and now they're Reckoning that's it we never
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they're Reckoning that's it we never
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they're Reckoning that's it we never stop and these are the kind of movies
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stop and these are the kind of movies
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stop and these are the kind of movies that that the industry needs right now
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that that the industry needs right now
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that that the industry needs right now and that's why we're making them and and
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and that's why we're making them and and
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and that's why we're making them and and the bigger they need it the bigger we're
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the bigger they need it the bigger we're
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the bigger they need it the bigger we're going to make it that's where we're here
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going to make it that's where we're here
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going to make it that's where we're here for audiences we're here for the big
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for audiences we're here for the big
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for audiences we're here for the big screen it's it's a medium we believe in
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screen it's it's a medium we believe in
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screen it's it's a medium we believe in and we want to keep alive do you enjoy
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and we want to keep alive do you enjoy
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and we want to keep alive do you enjoy the pressure that comes with the whole
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the pressure that comes with the whole
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the pressure that comes with the whole idea of trying to save the Blockbuster
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idea of trying to save the Blockbuster
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idea of trying to save the Blockbuster and trying to save Cinema there's no
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and trying to save Cinema there's no
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and trying to save Cinema there's no pressure in that that's fun pressure is
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pressure in that that's fun pressure is
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pressure in that that's fun pressure is a privilege and I get to work with this
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a privilege and I get to work with this
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a privilege and I get to work with this guy so I mean yeah I'll take that your
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guy so I mean yeah I'll take that your
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guy so I mean yeah I'll take that your life will always matter more to me than
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life will always matter more to me than
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life will always matter more to me than my own
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hey what's going on I'm Kevin Hart hi my
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hey what's going on I'm Kevin Hart hi my
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hey what's going on I'm Kevin Hart hi my name is Eric snowstreet hi I'm Margo I'm
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name is Eric snowstreet hi I'm Margo I'm
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name is Eric snowstreet hi I'm Margo I'm Jerry Journey I'm James McAvoy I'm
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Jerry Journey I'm James McAvoy I'm
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Jerry Journey I'm James McAvoy I'm Daniel Radcliffe I'm Rebel Wilson I'm
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Daniel Radcliffe I'm Rebel Wilson I'm
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Daniel Radcliffe I'm Rebel Wilson I'm Jeremy Clarkson I'm going to be
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Jeremy Clarkson I'm going to be
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Jeremy Clarkson I'm going to be translating some Scottish tweets for
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