Our first guest is the biggest movie star
in the world and a really, really nice guy.
His new movie, The Last Samurai, is in theaters now.
Please welcome the one and only Tom Cruise.
And they're fresh off of seeing the movie.
They just watched the movie just now.
Did y'all just watch that?
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
[LAUGHS]
Thank you.
It's amazing.
And also, they saw it for free.
That's why they're even happier.
[LAUGHS]
They all owe you a little bit of money.
But I'll collect it, and I'll give it to you.
Thank you, Ellen.
So that's partly for the movie, and partly
because you just really are a nice, nice guy.
And you deserve it just because there are so few people that
are that genuine and that nice.
You really are an incredible person.
So that's for that.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Thank you very much.
Because I think it's really hard to reach the level
where you are and still kind of be humble, and you are.
You're a genuine guy that pays attention and listens
and talks to people.
And you're not self-absorbed.
And that's--
Thank you.
So I like that you're still--
No, I care about people.
I actually-- I want to see people happy
and see them do well.
I'm sorry.
I wasn't listening.
What?
[LAUGHS]
No, because when you meet--
seriously, I've only met you a couple of times.
But you just really are always present.
And I love that.
Because you know you meet these people in the business,
and they're always looking behind you and barely--
like, to see if there's somebody more interesting
they should be talking to behind you.
And so everybody reads all this stuff about you.
We know a lot about you.
But I thought--
I have some questions that I don't know,
and I'm sure they don't know.
And they're important questions that need to be answered.
Favorite song to boogie to?
Well, there's many.
It depends on the moment.
Sure.
Well, like, what do you have in your car right?
What CDs are you listening to?
Actually, I'm listening to Joss.
Did you have her on earlier?
Yeah, Joss Stone.
She's great.
I just discovered-- have you ever heard of Joss Stone?
[APPLAUSE]
Yeah.
Whoa!
Brand new.
Well, that's why, but you should get Joss Stone's CD.
She's 16 years old.
She's from England.
She sounds like Aretha Franklin.
Yeah.
A friend of mine works as assistant for Michael Mann,
said, listen to this girl.
What do you think?
How old is she?
And Michael said, how old do you think this girl is?
Mm-hmm.
I said, I don't know.
He showed me the picture and this young girl from England.
I wish her well.
Yeah.
Very talented.
She's she's great.
Yeah.
So Joss Stone, you like her.
Like her.
Boxers, briefs, or nothing at all?
[LAUGHTER]
At which point in the day?
[LAUGHTER]
Right now.
[LAUGHS]
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
I'm just trying to figure it out.
[LAUGHS]
Briefs.
Briefs?
Briefs.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
I wear boxers.
[LAUGHS]
And I wear your boxers.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
[LAUGHS]
It's just a coincidence that you're here.
[LAUGHS]
Cats or dogs?
Both.
Do you have pets.
Yes.
You have both?
Well, we don't have a cat, but I like cats.
Then you should get one.
Yeah, I should get one.
And we travel so much.
I feel bad leaving the animals behind.
Well, that's why you get more so they have each other.
So they have each other.
That's why we have dogs.
And I just the--
What do you have?
How many?
We have two iguanas, fish.
Those aren't dogs.
Well.
They're not?
No.
You need to do a movie about dogs.
I thought they were strange-- yeah, exactly.
We have a beagle and a little dachshund, one of those things.
Mm-hmm.
A little beagle puppy.
That is the cutest puppy.
All puppies are cute.
Oh, my god.
But beagles-- and they're cute when they get older too.
Yeah.
Well, but they're-- is it still a puppy?
Yeah.
They're hyper-- really hyper dogs.
We've been training this dog, so.
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
Well, you can try.
[LAUGHTER]
And you have two iguanas?
Two iguanas, fish, turtles.
And now do the kids like the iguanas?
Or what kind of pets--
they just--
They like anything, the turtles, the fish, the iguanas.
They like the iguanas.
They like going out and looking at the iguanas.
What do the iguanas do?
Don't they just sit?
Yeah, that.
[LAUGHTER]
They sit there and look at you.
And you pet them.
We have a leash for them, so you can walk the iguanas around.
Really?
I know.
Listen, they just showed up one day.
I don't--
So they don't away from you because they--
Yeah, they don't get away from you because they're fast.
They are fast, actually.
A lot of people don't know that about iguanas.
Yeah.
They get to be about 6 feet.
I'm looking at this thing, thinking
this is going to be 6 feet.
Right.
We're going to have to have a discussion when it starts--
Yeah.
Because what do you keep them in?
Outside in a big cage.
Well, that's good.
Yeah.
That's a lucky iguana that you got there.
Yeah, that's what I think, a lucky iguana.
Yeah.
And Britney or Christina?
What do you mean?
Britney Spears--
[LAUGHTER]
I don't know what I mean.
[LAUGHS]
I'm not even sure what I mean.
I've never thought about it.
All right.
Right.
[LAUGHTER]
Now, this is-- how many hours of sleep do you get a night?
Because you really are--
how much do you sleep usually?
It depends on the day, the workload, the kids.
And when I'm shooting and what I'm doing now, 4 to 6
is what I usually average.
And see, 4 to 6 is just not enough anyway, much less
with the work you're doing, the amount of energy
that you put into a day.
You showed me your arm, and you were up at 5:00.
This morning, you were up at 5:00.
Yeah.
So you slept--
Got to bed about 6:00 AM.
Slept about 5 and 1/2 hours.
Wow.
I don't know how you do it.
I just go.
It's just when you have kids, you just
realize you have more energy than you ever thought.
Really?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Anyone knows.
You're up in the middle of the night.
I've never-- and I've been tired before.
But when you have kids and you're feeding kids
in the middle of the night, you get that nauseous thing
that happens, where you feel like you're
so tired you're going to puke.
But yet you have no choice.
You just have to keep going.
And then I just go.
I just do it.
And I'm excited about what I'm doing, and I feel really happy.
It feels like that.
Every single thing that I've ever read about you
and when I see you, you just feel like you
absorb everything, that--
I'm really happy, very happy about life and what I'm doing.
And I feel really good.
Well, I'm happy just being next to you.
[LAUGHS] Now, you are a good dancer because we've
seen you dance in other films.
But you're a really good dancer.
Now, when you were doing that, were you
at all self-conscious that you were
in your underwear around people and just kind of letting go?
Or how did you feel about that?
No.
No, I didn't.
Not at all?
You didn't think twice about it?
No.
That's great.
No, but the tricky part of it was actually
because he wanted me in center frame on that opening shot
through that thing, so I kept sliding past and then falling
down.
And we're trying to figure out I need to stop at this point.
So what we did was I waxed it right to that center point.
So if you see where my body kind of goes like that,
it's because I had the wax there.
And then I put another sticky stuff on the other side
so I wouldn't slide all the way across.
So, you know, the little things you think about, a little tech
there for the next time, the next house you hit.
And would you be able to slide right now if you
took your shoes off and slide?
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
You know what?
I was sliding backstage.
I think with these, I could probably slide.
You kind of slid when you were coming on stage just now.
Yeah, I know.
I was sliding around a little bit.
But you have shoes on.
But I think I'm going to leave my pants on.
OK.
[DISAPPOINTED AUDIENCE SOUNDS]
This is PG.
Leave your pants on.
PG show.
Oh, you guys.
Are you serious?
Yeah.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
OK.
Let's see.
Now, this is unwaxed floor, not right.
Yeah, it's not waxed.
There's no dirt to stop you.
OK.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
It's not bad.
[LAUGHTER]
You could just fly over like that.
Yeah.
I can't do that.
I had to start-- say, this is the house.
And there's the archway.
So I started kind of back here, from one of these.
So you would start down.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Did that--
I don't think I have the right socks on.
I have--
Are they a little sticky?
Yeah, they're not really soft.
[LAUGHTER]
I think if we start over here, it might--
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
It looked like I did it.
Yeah.
We'll piece it together.
[LAUGHS]
Oh, that was awesome.
That's--
Halcom.
Slide, Halcom.
Slide!
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
[LAUGHTER]
Let's see.
You've got that balance.
That's why-- let's talk about the movie because we have to--
we could talk about all kinds of things.
But the movie is--
it's so beautiful.
It's just so--
I want to live there.
I want to live in that little village where it was shot.
And you had to learn how to do all
of that, the sword fighting.
I spent a year preparing for the film, worked on it--
it's been over two years now that I first sat down
with the director, Ed Zwick.
And I spent a year just researching
the samurai bushido.
I had to learn about just from the perspective of Algren,
my character, the Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and study
that time period in Japanese history because I really--
I just spent a lot of time working on it.
This film, for me, is so personal
because when you talk about honor,
you talk about integrity.
It's something that is-- as a man,
is a way that I want to live my life,
and I try to live my life.
So I wanted-- and it's about their culture.
So we were, Ed and I, very meticulous and very respectful
of that culture and representing the things
that we love about it, the Japanese and their heritage.
We spent a year.
And physically training, you look at those scenes,
if I pull a muscle or blow a knee out, that's it.
You have to shut down for a couple of months.
So I had to train quite rigorously.
And also in training for the film,
it also helped in the development of the character.
But it was challenging.
It was great fun.
Well, we have to take a break.
I want to hear more about that.
We're going to show a clip from it.
We'll be right back right after this.
And now it's time to play the most difficult game
on daytime television, Tom Cruise or Not.
Here's how we play.
Tom Cruise is going to say a line from a movie.
If you think it's a line he actually delivered,
you're going to say Cruise.
And if you think it's not, then you say not.
It sounds simple, but is it?
Stand please.
You are our first contestant.
What is your name?
Julia Jackson.
Hi, Julia Jackson.
What a great name.
Thank you.
I thought so too.
Stand between us here.
This is Tom Cruise, Julia Jackson.
Hi, Tom.
You know I would leave my husband for you.
It's a known thing in my house.
I say it all the time.
Just show up.
I'll give you directions later.
[LAUGHS]
It's a real thing.
Julia, it's a game we're playing.
OK.
All right.
[LAUGHS]
And opportunity's knocking.
What do you do, Julia?
I'm a trainer.
You're a trainer.
Yes.
Like a personal trainer?
No, for software for Ceridian.
You train software?
Yeah.
Great.
Train people on how to use software.
It sounds great.
[LAUGHTER]
And where do you live?
Corona, California.
Corona, so it's pretty close, Tom,
if you want to just drive over to her house.
Is that a long drive?
No, it's not that bad.
I'll cook for you, Tom.
[LAUGHS]
You know how to play.
I do.
There's no time on the clock.
It's that difficult. Tom is going to read a line,
and you're going to say Cruise or not.
OK.
Now I'm going to do it so we're going to--
OK.
Go ahead, make my day.
Not.
That's right.
Good.
Number two.
Thank you.
Do I keep going?
Yes.
All right.
Requesting permission for flyby.
Oh, Cruise.
That's right.
Number three, Tom.
Take your stinking paws off me, you dirty ape.
Not.
No.
Good.
I got a trig midterm tomorrow, and I'm
being chased by Guido the killer pimp.
Oh.
I don't see you saying that.
Not.
Oh, Julia.
Hold it.
But you know what?
I didn't say it.
Oh.
I didn't say that line.
You're right.
It was a trick question, but it's from your movie.
[LAUGHS] Yeah.
It's from--
But she was right, I didn't say it that line.
That's right.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
One more.
Underwear is underwear, Ray.
Cruise.
That's right.
She knows!
All right!
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
So have a seat.
So far-- now, you're our next contestant?
You want to stand between us over here?
What is your name?
Janet
Janet, there's Tom Cruise right there.
Hi, Janet.
Hi.
How are you?
Nice to meet you.
Now say you'll leave your husband for him.
I'm not married.
All right.
So say I'm single.
Oh.
So--
Even better.
[LAUGHS]
And what do you do?
I'm a physical therapist.
You are?
I am.
How about that.
Yeah.
Would you ever think of training software?
Nah, I guess not.
And so you know how to play.
Mm-hmm.
Tom?
Here we go.
You complete me.
Cruise.
Julie is like, why didn't he say that to me?
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, that's a relief.
I thought I wouldn't be able to use the "liar, liar
pants on fire" defense.
Cruise.
Yes.
That's a good one right there.
I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Not.
May the force be with you.
Nah, not.
We just rolled up a snowball and threw it into hell.
Now we'll see if it has a chance.
Mm.
Cruise.
Wow.
We have a tie.
We have a tie breaker, right?
Yeah.
Here's what we're going to do.
Because I'm going to just have you pick.
There's different prizes in each--
you pick.
What, I have to pick?
You just pick one color, and you're going to--
Why don't I go like this, and they just choose here?
All right.
You guy--
And then--
You just pick one.
Like that?
Pick a hand.
You pick.
OK.
All right?
OK, I'll take that.
Then you'll take the other one?
All right.
So here's what I'm going to have you do.
OK.
I'm going to have you open this first,
and you hold on one second.
It's a date with you, isn't it?
Oh!
TiVo digital recorder.
You get a TiVo!
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Have a seat.
Thank you very much.
Congratulations.
Thank you very much.
So now, that's the greatest thing.
You will never miss--
I know.
I love it.
You can just put Tom Cruise in there.
I will.
It'll get everything Tom Cruise has ever done.
Now if you'll open yours, we'll see what that is.
Oh, my god!
It's a seven-day cruise!
Oh, my god!
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
You can't have nothing.
Isn't that great?
Look at all this.
Thank you so much!
There you go.
Wow!
You are going--
There you go.
Well, you can't have Tom Cruise on the show without giving away
an amazing seven-day cruise.
You're going to Hawaii on Norwegian Cruise line.
How about that?
Thank you so much.
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]
Congratulations!
Tom Cruise, The Last Samurai's in theaters now.
That's how you play the most difficult game
on daytime television.
We'll be right back.