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Tom Cruise reveals he never reads scripts himself, he has the writers read them to him out loud "What I do with directors and writers is I don't read the scripts, I have them read it to me.” “Because I don't want my ideas to invade it yet. I... want to understand what is their communication, they've been working on it, they have things that are just there. So they come to me and I just sit there and I'm like, I want you to read it to me" "And then we get to a place where I start to understand, and I'm like, I know how to contribute to that now. It sparks ideas. I have certain ideas, certain things I'd like to play with, and then I don't necessarily talk about it, I just do it.”show more

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Tyler James Alford2 days ago

“I don’t read the script, the script reads me.” -Kurt Lazarus

R S2 days ago

It’s a great take. He doesn’t want to introduce bias or his own interpretation, just yet.

CoalHandRoy2 days ago

Is it just me or is he starting to look like Micheal J Fox?

Knuxx2 days ago

Read me the script

Brent Swancer2 days ago

It might also be because he's dyslexic.

iDoubt2 days ago

Strangely enough I have enjoyed every Tom Cruise movie I have ever watched. I do not dislike a single one of them.

Jenna Newbery2 days ago

Well, he is at the stage in his career where he can do this, isn't he? I can't imagine a young unknown actor doing this without getting banned from the set.

Harry Swan2 days ago

He’s dyslexic.

Topher.Li2 days ago

Actually. He has a learning disability. Dyslexia. And because of that, he has struggled to read scripts. Therefore, others read it to him.

Third2 days ago

Podcast: New Heights

Hai2 days ago

No wonder he’s never been in any movies with prominent writers or directors. What a self involved prick

Highlight Planet2 days ago

This sounds like one of the hustles he learned in school to hide his dyslexia. Like hey teach why don't you read the assignment to me,so my ideas,don't "invade it." 😂 I love it, actually. good on you. Adapting, surviving. No,teach,how about YOU read Wuthering Heights to ME.

𝕄𝕣 𝔼𝕕 💫2 days ago

“And anyway, I can’t read.”

Scarlett Jomanson2 days ago

Imagine Stanley Kubrick reading tom cruise a script like “he enters the sex party and os absolutely aghaaast” *tom nodding aghastly*

SlyDogIndustries2 days ago

No, it’s because he’s dyslexic and can’t read. It’s documented.

Next Gen EV | Ralph Panhuyzen2 days ago

Wasn't he dyslectic?

SweetPea 🩷2 days ago

He has dyslexia correct?

Michael P. Shipley, Expat2 days ago

WTH man, he looks like a 12 year old. Bad seating, very disrespectful.

The Doctor of IT2 days ago

Moral of the story: stay in school.

Colin Best2 days ago

Cruise is a lunatic obsessive on a higher plane of existence to two guys running a sports podcast.This is an odd combination,to say the least🤔

spookigrl2 days ago

What are you good for Tom Cruise other than looking like a good looking midget?

Gabriel Susan Lewis2 days ago

He hasn't had a non action movie in a long long time. How intricate could the scripts be for the MI movies?

antares siren2 days ago

The fact that Tom is allowing them to interview him.. they must be Scientologist.

Ukdiche Moduck2 days ago

"What I do with directors and writers is I don't read the scripts, I have them read it to me.” Yeah, that's called a 'narration' and it is quite common in this industry.

Ignition Casino2 days ago

Isn’t he dyslexic?

EVIMERONASTERI2 days ago

✨ He's dyslexic! 😒 ✨

DeDeFlux2 days ago

Doesn`t that take hours?

Alwyn Lau2 days ago

starting to think Maverick read some feedback from the GQ interview and said Ok i better talk more sense this time?

Selescion2 days ago

and every once in a while he goes like: mmmmh... this is good. continue.

Robert Trusardi2 days ago

Well, he is known to be dyslexic. His extreme level of skills in many areas (stunts, coordination) is probably one ways his talents originated because of this.

Tom sin Finlandia 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️2 days ago

Qué tontería más grande y qué carrera por el Oscar más larga nos espera.

Mr. Repairman2 days ago

"I want them to read it to me because I don't want my ideas to invade it yet.." sounds way better than "I'm dyslexic".

liberal at 532 days ago

dude🤨 he plays the same role for 20 years though he could deliver so much more

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Remnants of the Past

15,801 views • 28 days ago

Many writers will tell you to "write for yourself." Mitch Albom has sold over 40 million books, and he writes 98% for readers, not himself: "I don't worry about what interests me per se. Like if you ask me what's a passion of mine — I like 50s doo-wop rock and roll. I listen to it almost every day. I'm not writing a book about doo-wop music because I don't really see a great way to make that interesting to a large number of readers. I think about things that people want to explore in themselves. And then I say, okay, are these things that I have something to say about, or I have some knowledge about, or I'm curious about myself? And when those overlap, when one that I'm curious about overlaps with something that I think readers will be curious about, that makes the list. What doesn't make the list is just because I'm interested in it. It's a business. You're putting out books and you're trying to get people to read them, and it takes you a year or two of your life to do it."

Many writers will tell you to "write for yourself." Mitch Albom has sold over 40 million books, and he writes 98% for readers, not himself: "I don't worry about what interests me per se. Like if you ask me what's a passion of mine — I like 50s doo-wop rock and roll. I listen to it almost every day. I'm not writing a book about doo-wop music because I don't really see a great way to make that interesting to a large number of readers. I think about things that people want to explore in themselves. And then I say, okay, are these things that I have something to say about, or I have some knowledge about, or I'm curious about myself? And when those overlap, when one that I'm curious about overlaps with something that I think readers will be curious about, that makes the list. What doesn't make the list is just because I'm interested in it. It's a business. You're putting out books and you're trying to get people to read them, and it takes you a year or two of your life to do it."

How I Write Clips

11,558 views • 3 months ago

Damian Lillard after winning the 3-point contest: "It felt like a game. I definitely cared more. I didn't come in like oh it is what it is. It was like I'm trying to win. If they give me this opportunity I don't want it to be like you know everybody like oh Dame is shooting and then I go out there and get 15 in the 1st round and I'm done. I wasn't going out like that"

Damian Lillard after winning the 3-point contest: "It felt like a game. I definitely cared more. I didn't come in like oh it is what it is. It was like I'm trying to win. If they give me this opportunity I don't want it to be like you know everybody like oh Dame is shooting and then I go out there and get 15 in the 1st round and I'm done. I wasn't going out like that"

Oh No He Didn't

86,338 views • 7 months ago

Putin reads Pushkin at Valdai❤️ 'I have a volume of Pushkin on my desk at home. Sometimes I like to dive into it. Just yesterday I opened it, flipped through, and came across a poem about the Battle of Borodino. I read it and it made a strong impression on me. And it was as if he [Pushkin] told me: "Listen, you are going to the Valdai Club, take it with you, read to your guys what I think about this." I have the book with me. The poem is called "Borodino Anniversary."

Putin reads Pushkin at Valdai❤️ 'I have a volume of Pushkin on my desk at home. Sometimes I like to dive into it. Just yesterday I opened it, flipped through, and came across a poem about the Battle of Borodino. I read it and it made a strong impression on me. And it was as if he [Pushkin] told me: "Listen, you are going to the Valdai Club, take it with you, read to your guys what I think about this." I have the book with me. The poem is called "Borodino Anniversary."

Zlatti71

100,065 views • 11 months ago

Matthew McConaughey reveals the three words his dad said that changed his life “I said dad, I don't want to go to law school anymore. I want to go to film school and after about a 5 second pause, he goes, ‘Are you sure that's what you want to do?’ I reply yes sir” “Another long pause. Then I hear, ‘Well, don't halfass it’” “I remember just beaming, hopping up just like Yes! My dad not only said okay. The way he said don't halfass it, it was also, okay. Let's go big boy. Own that shit. Get some leverage. Get some horsepower behind where you're going. Go do it” “I remember to this day and I've learned this later I think from becoming a father, part of what I believe happened to him and why he said that to me that way on that call was the way that I asked him. I wasn't really asking. It was, ‘I don't want to go to law school, Dad. I want to go to film school.’ I didn't stutter. He heard his son saying this is what I want to do” “What I think happened to him in that moment is what I think any father, any parent loves. You raise your kids in a certain way and you give them a guideline, a ladder to climb and here's the guidelines and if you do it this way, you're most likely going to have some success in life and it'll work out for you and then when we do it that way, we can be proud parents” “But what do we really want to happen when our kids are out of the house and they're on their own? We kind of want them to call one day and go, ‘I'm breaking out. I'm going my own way.’ And as a parent, we go, as much as it may scare us, we're going, ‘Yes!’ I gave my kid the confidence and the courage and the foundation to say they're going to go their own way” “In a way, I think every parent honors and loves that moment. I heard my dad, when he didn't hear me stutter, when he heard me directly say what I said. I wasn't really asking him. Even though I was out of respect asking him, the way I said it, I wasn't asking him and I think he felt that” “Don't halfass it”

Matthew McConaughey reveals the three words his dad said that changed his life “I said dad, I don't want to go to law school anymore. I want to go to film school and after about a 5 second pause, he goes, ‘Are you sure that's what you want to do?’ I reply yes sir” “Another long pause. Then I hear, ‘Well, don't halfass it’” “I remember just beaming, hopping up just like Yes! My dad not only said okay. The way he said don't halfass it, it was also, okay. Let's go big boy. Own that shit. Get some leverage. Get some horsepower behind where you're going. Go do it” “I remember to this day and I've learned this later I think from becoming a father, part of what I believe happened to him and why he said that to me that way on that call was the way that I asked him. I wasn't really asking. It was, ‘I don't want to go to law school, Dad. I want to go to film school.’ I didn't stutter. He heard his son saying this is what I want to do” “What I think happened to him in that moment is what I think any father, any parent loves. You raise your kids in a certain way and you give them a guideline, a ladder to climb and here's the guidelines and if you do it this way, you're most likely going to have some success in life and it'll work out for you and then when we do it that way, we can be proud parents” “But what do we really want to happen when our kids are out of the house and they're on their own? We kind of want them to call one day and go, ‘I'm breaking out. I'm going my own way.’ And as a parent, we go, as much as it may scare us, we're going, ‘Yes!’ I gave my kid the confidence and the courage and the foundation to say they're going to go their own way” “In a way, I think every parent honors and loves that moment. I heard my dad, when he didn't hear me stutter, when he heard me directly say what I said. I wasn't really asking him. Even though I was out of respect asking him, the way I said it, I wasn't asking him and I think he felt that” “Don't halfass it”

Jack

1,184,527 views • 3 months ago

Jacob Tierney discusses his process for writing Heated Rivalry and outlining season two: "The book [Heated Rivalry] is in five parts and very quickly I was like, part one, episode one. Part two, episode two. It was very clear to me. …So in this case, I actually did not outline. Because I was just using these parts of this book, and I knew these books so well at this point. Something that I did, and that I'm trying to do again now when I'm writing the new season, is I'm trying to use—Because there's a dreaminess to this show, I try to use my memory as a guide. I'm like, what do I remember? And then I try to give primacy to the stuff that I remember and that has stuck in my brain all these years with this story. So I’m like, oh I have to do that! And that's a nice way for me to kind of center things. Where if I have to do that, then it means maybe I don't have to do this, and it maybe means I want to combine or collapse different things. Because if this is going to take up—If one incident that I'm thinking of is going to take up the space in an episode that I think of as the heart, …then you don't need to do a first version of it in the same way, you know? Little things like that. That being said, for this season because I'm working with a co-writer as well, we have outlined everything. And every time, I do approach outlining like a teenager, where I'm like, [modulates voice] I don't want to. But then when I do it, I'm always like, why don't I always do this? It makes everything so much easier. So I kind of gaslight myself in that way." ✍🏼 transcription via Heated Rivalry News & Updates. Please credit if reposting. 🗣️ quote via q&a with Stage 32 on March 24, 2026. 🔗

Jacob Tierney discusses his process for writing Heated Rivalry and outlining season two: "The book [Heated Rivalry] is in five parts and very quickly I was like, part one, episode one. Part two, episode two. It was very clear to me. …So in this case, I actually did not outline. Because I was just using these parts of this book, and I knew these books so well at this point. Something that I did, and that I'm trying to do again now when I'm writing the new season, is I'm trying to use—Because there's a dreaminess to this show, I try to use my memory as a guide. I'm like, what do I remember? And then I try to give primacy to the stuff that I remember and that has stuck in my brain all these years with this story. So I’m like, oh I have to do that! And that's a nice way for me to kind of center things. Where if I have to do that, then it means maybe I don't have to do this, and it maybe means I want to combine or collapse different things. Because if this is going to take up—If one incident that I'm thinking of is going to take up the space in an episode that I think of as the heart, …then you don't need to do a first version of it in the same way, you know? Little things like that. That being said, for this season because I'm working with a co-writer as well, we have outlined everything. And every time, I do approach outlining like a teenager, where I'm like, [modulates voice] I don't want to. But then when I do it, I'm always like, why don't I always do this? It makes everything so much easier. So I kind of gaslight myself in that way." ✍🏼 transcription via Heated Rivalry News & Updates. Please credit if reposting. 🗣️ quote via q&a with Stage 32 on March 24, 2026. 🔗

Heated Rivalry News & Updates

60,684 views • 5 months ago

Garrett Wilson opens up on his feelings after the Jets traded away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams: "I don't get paid to have a vision, [the Jets] do - and they've got one. I've got to trust it, man. I do. My emotions, that side of it...I hate it. I hate it. I play football, I play with my brothers, I get to know my brothers...I hate it. But I'm paid to play football. No one cares if I hate it, go catch the ball. That's how I see it. That's what I'm going to do - I'm going to do my job to the best of my abilities so that stuff like that, they feel like they can keep us all together. That's the reality - you don't win games, things change."

Garrett Wilson opens up on his feelings after the Jets traded away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams: "I don't get paid to have a vision, [the Jets] do - and they've got one. I've got to trust it, man. I do. My emotions, that side of it...I hate it. I hate it. I play football, I play with my brothers, I get to know my brothers...I hate it. But I'm paid to play football. No one cares if I hate it, go catch the ball. That's how I see it. That's what I'm going to do - I'm going to do my job to the best of my abilities so that stuff like that, they feel like they can keep us all together. That's the reality - you don't win games, things change."

SNY Jets

2,524,382 views • 10 months ago