Tom Cruise Tells Kids: You Have to Earn It
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Connor Antony Cruise recently made his big-screen debut in the Will Smith film Seven Pounds, and while Will and Connor’s dad Tom Cruise are good friends, no favors were called in on the 13 ½-year-old’s behalf. So said Tom during a recent interview with The Insider. “They have to earn it,” Tom explained. “They’ve grown up in it, but there’s a point where there is the difference of watching [the film industry] and, ‘Do you want to do it? Do you really want to do it?’” Like any other actor with no experience, Connor auditioned for the part while Will and Tom — also dad to 16-year-old Isabella Jane and 2 ½-year-old Suri — waited outside.
“We’re standing out in the hall, we were kind of nervous, looking at our watches, saying, ‘What’s going on in there?’”
The process was an enjoyable one for Connor, who remains undecided on whether or not he’ll pursue a career in acting full-time. “He still likes sports, he likes to read, so we’ll see ultimately what he wants to do,” Tom, 46, said. “It’s his decision…Whatever they want to do, we’re there [for them].” That much is evident when Tom was asked if he’d support a career in acting or modeling for Suri. “Whatever she wants,” he replied, adding,
“I love being an actor and all my kids have grown up on movie sets. They’re always there. And Kate is an actress and she will carry Suri around on stage while she’s with the other actors running lines. No matter what, just like when we were kids, they’re going to do whatever they want to do.”
Suri is Tom’s daughter with actress Katie Holmes; Connor and Bella are his children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman.
Source: The Insider
