Tom Cruise on working with Kirsten: "We're all in awe of her maturity as an actress. There seems to be the experience of a 35-year-old actress in the body of this little girl."

"I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt."

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

On turning down the role of Angela in "American Beauty":

"When I read it, I was 15 and I don't think I was mature enough to understand the script's material. I didn't want to be kissing Kevin Spacey. Come on! Lying there naked with rose petals?"