Tom Cruise, still youthful looking - (and who knows how?) - is feeling his age a little, so has started a summer acting school in Hollywood for young actors.
Cruise gave his first lecture to about 20 young macho, good looking actors.
You guys remind me of me when I was first starting out.
They put me in a stupid fairy tale movie about a young virgin and her lost Unicorn. I had to constantly run around in a skimpy loincloth, grin a Lot - (luckily, I have a great grin) - and basically save the Unicorn from being Unicorn burgers for the Dark Lord.
That is when I learned my first basic acting rule. Be able to Run.
In most of your movies you will spend a quarter of the time running after villains.
Seems archaic. right? - with bikes, scooters, motor bikes, skateboards, etc. all over the place - Plus buses and cabs.
Humans are running animals and running onscreen catches the attention - and ratchets up tension. So, the plot and dialogue can be crappy, and you still get a hit.
When older and you can't really run anymore - learn to Fly.
You can go around looking sexy in flying gear, (without dieting) - and you get to sit around a lot - and drink, get massages, etc,
And by that time, you will be really tired of the fucking running - running - running. in every film.
Anyway, acting is mainly smiling and being charming - but you do have to know how to run. The hardest part of the job.
At your age, your legs are your Money Maker.
