Tom Cruise's post 9/11 opening monologue at the Oscars®

[jasperneville]

Tom is a high end whore

[TXejas19]

The Human spirit is an amazing thing, it's incredible how strong we are but more than half of us don't realize it. we assume we'd be all broken up about it (and some of us might) but the definition of courage is not absents of fear,sarrow, or pain but the recognition that something else is more imortant and choosing to act accordingly.

R.I.P

[joetufano719]

Such a great speaker! I even saw his tribute to Fire Chaplain, Father Mychal Judge who died in the World Trade Center trying to comfort the firefighters. Keep it up Tom!

[bandmedal]

Strange how complete nutjobs are often such great public speakers.

[braveheart1779]

Do you know how competent our government would have to be to pull off 9/11? Look at how they run the post office! enough said.

And in the age of wikileaks, it would no longer be a secret.

[111motorhead]

Al KAida FOREVER!!!!!!

[sidrandle02]

wow, that was a great speech. go tom :)

[disneyxfrreak]

does he have braces?

[samadamsronzio]

The Sad Thing Is That The Movies Are Doing Such A Great Job at Taking People Away From Reality Tom ! You Know The Truth Just Like A Lot Of Your Friends The Time for You to Put Your Money where Your Mouth Is ----> Is Now ! Cruise and Many of His Rich Friends could be A modern day Jonathan E Like in The Movie Rollerball and could Change The World by just Speaking Out Against These Bastards who control The World !!

[msheidi1]

Tom Cruise for President! He is way better than what we have in the WH now!

[TheSlavinkata]

great TOM !!!:))

[imnotlookinganyway]

So pull up a sofa....or just do what I do with them. JUMP ON THEM!!

[SIJAR]

I saw it live, It was really great.

[danilo1982sp]

This guy is a great speecher.

[bmw200000]

9/11 was an inside job . Plane and Simple .

[marvelmax03191]

@bmw200000 oh shut the fuck up with that shit.

[TheRiceowlex]

@bmw200000 Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth....Look it up...You my freind are confirmed more than 1,600 times...kudos for seeing reality...

[7workinggirl]

I love Tom! xxx

[7workinggirl]

I love Tom! xxxxx

[culturebully3]

paranoid idiots! for the ACTUAL truth on conspiracy theories check out ItWasTyped. com .. opinions from jay-z, talib kweli and more

[deepwinter77]

Great monologue pity he fell for scientology though, because he is smart and articulate, but it just shows how Religion/cults can get even smart people makes me sad. im not just picking on Scientology i feel the same about all religions.

[Water4Jeremiah]

@deepwinter77 lol. The fact that people think he's a scientologist just proves how good an actor he really is.

[kristianbejb]

fantastic he handsome

[doloresbrns]

i wish people would give tom a break. i have watched so many monologues of his and everyone has been from the heart. what you see is what you get with him. he is a character actor. one of the best i have seen. no mater what role he puts himself into he is that person. if we could only live our lives as we should maybe we could be as good as tom cruise. right or wrong...he lives his life with God, his family and his friends before himself.

[reaperjd]

@doloresbrns uhhh he does NOT live is life with G-d

[Vameon]

This is the best opening to the Oscars ever, wonderfully written speech and Cruise is giving an Academy Award worthy job at delivering it.

[MrJCR39]

go tom he rocks

[CarCriticAssessor]

In my humble opinion-MHO VID = strident supercilious vainglorious delusion of a too deep-set-beaver-faced Tom Cruise(r), adamantly conveys circular psycho-babble convolution, underscored by utterly alarming jagged-hand-movement-repertoir­e that darts about -- read scatter brain -- to punctuate ... err ... dithering dross. Are we witnessing a beaver-faced-butt-licker-anima­ted, replete with wielding of less than a 106-IQ score; you had better believe it, no kidding: hide your children! LOL- yikes!

[Augmata]

As bad as his connection to Scientology and his public freakouts were, this makes me respect him a bit more. Why? Because there's no Scientologists.There's only people, whether they're on the right or the wrong track. And whatever track they're on, their emotions are still true and, even if just rarely, do shine through.

[allaboutdmagic]

Oh great...

[ExpressEric]

This was pre-Opera Winfrey, Tom Cruise.

Yeah, he was very respected.

Still kind of is.

[darkknight07100]

It'd odd, when he's talking movies, he sounds smart and heartfelt. Anything else he comes off a massive jerk. But here, he's great.

[redshark618]

All you guys need to calm down on the hate. I'm sure that most of you calling him a scientologist are yourselves a reformed baptist or episcopalian.

[dekerranda]

What a joke, him and the industry.

[MissTeenPregnancy]

@dekerranda only partially

[CarCriticAssessor]

@dekerranda: you got that right! A Zionist fest.

[suenaamy]

TYPE

"Former Liberal Democrat Candidate Dr Vincent McKee Caught For Defrauding Students Again"

INTO THE YOUTUBE SEARCHBAR !!!

[pssbdsm]

@1:10...ground control to major Tom...

[jjjohnnojackson]

Phenomenal actor...



[punchultimate]

that was a really good speech

[kkamalanii]

I, do love Tom Cruise! so what! if he like scientology or the fucking zoo! this is America! we are free to choose what ever the hell we want to belief! you are a great actor..better then Tom Hanks I hate him! he's so stupid and fake ass!! you love America and you have allways show your patriotism.. you go ahead and do what you want..YOU HAVE A LOYAL FOR EVER ADMIRED FROM HAWAII FOR GOOD..ALOHA..

[theonlydode]

Very well spoken period.

[kenijoelove96]

whoaaaaaaa where did thsoe braces come from T.Cruise

[PedroNicanoreTV]

SWAG!



[lehnertm1980]

I liked this moment, and I liked what he had to say. I no longer advocate for (or even really like) this guy, but I still felt what he had to say, particularly in wake of such a tragedy.

[liamstarwatcher]

Was he trying to get an oscar with this speech?

[TheAmbillionaire]

hes being dramatic but i like it

[daveyork0]

I loved this speech.

Dianetics!

[emaleroland]

sucked

[jksonny]

His best moment.

[ibeatuinboxing]

this motherfucker is a great actor

[HearingLossProvider]

@ibeatuinboxing great actor, yes. But I still think he was a few cans short of a six pack when he started jumping on that couch.

[rightwing52000]

good speech.

[wwwtotalitaerde]

Psychiatry was developed before 1900 in Germany to get rid of people complaining.First use of directed energy weapons can be seen in psychiatric literature from 1908, see Psychiatrie->Zur Klinik der Narkolepsie on my homepage.After murdering oponents in ww2,Psychiatry was relaunched in´45 to persecute+silence concentration camp survivors.

As a Doctor in a German nuthouse said:

Half the inmates are mad.The other half are secret service agents on training.

Dubbed correctly, they are snitchers.

[SnipingSnowbro]

All hail Anonymous.

[BLAGASPANTS]

Bet his owners must be proud of him.

[largesatsuma]

Didn't he have time to shave that day?

[Pr0pagandaFilms]

Tom Cruise did 9/11

[PeppermintDeodorant]

@Pr0pagandaFilms I lol'd.

[bellijklh]

"that's just me", tom said at the end of his speech.

not it wasn't, he was so acting!

[eDemocracyUK]

Propaganda has come a VERY long way.

[johnwelbeck]

To me a movie opens up a whole new world, makes us dream, and makes us believe we can do it when times get tough. Its a great speech by Tom, and it's a speech you can respect...

[wandiniBoricua]

Is hard to believe actors even when they seem so sincere, is what they do.

[maricam16]

ugh..so handsome!!!

[cciemail]

@maricam16

you know, he's a midget.

[Garcian]

great acting here

[tusmorninginsept]

'Tuesday Morning in September' Available now on DVD.

Just released after nearly a decade

[shezzallee]

I have always liked Tom Cruise, and I will always like him.......he is a very smart man, and is a great actor....:)

[GrapeLola]

He's never looked better!

[Ginjrbread]

@GrapeLola Actually, as a big Tom Cruise fan, he's pale as f*** here, but his unreal talent and charisma makes him look like a god.....er....you know...

[goody1990]

he is the fakest guy i've ever seen ! does that mean he is the best actor ever??????

[nholt]

So pull up youtube.... it's jut us talking tonight.

[nholt]

I have a need for speed! You had me at hello.

[synnr666]

@nholt you forgot "YOU'RE MY MOTHERFUCKER! SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!!!"

[mrey1212]

i bet i can get more than 4 thumbs up and make the top comments! ;)

[TomStraub]

2001 - A Space Odyssey - (directed by Judeo-Mason Stanley Kubrick.)

2001 - False Flag Attack on America.

COINCIDENCE?!?!

[ebuz218]

@TomStraub HOLYSHIT!

[matthewmch]

@TomStraub grow up

[jasjas2006]

such a phoney!!

omg comon...lousy actor

[0180917]

Tom Cruise should have stopped the attacks from happening, he is the chief of Precrime of course.

[ebuz218]

@0180917 LMFAO

[captainjjb84]

0:15 JOHN WILLIAMS!!!!

[f4ust85]

to people that know it, this reminds of the inscenated cultural indoctrination in the soviet union :-)

[carychilton]

Tom does seem like a sincere, class act despite his religious beliefs.

[LogicalFlawDetector]

Scientology = Christianity. 

[chardenver]

tom remembers what theatre/cinema he watched those movies

nowadays.. people will just remember watching films thru the internet, pirated dvds. great movie choices Tom, dont mind those haters.

[Smyyusuf]

the description says the monologue was written by cameron crowe? wtf..

[1WOM]

Muslims did not do 9/11. Check out a website called:

rediscover911.

[me1we1]

it was too serious not sure why.

[meini00iniem]

Great Tom!

[itsMUSICY]

OMG PEOPLE ACCEPT WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE BELIEVES IN!!! Sciencetology is no more different than christianity...they're both relions, both beliefs...

[nicklasvm]

awesome speech...

[Smyyusuf]

this overdramatic mutherfucker...

[Razor5210]

Fuck me it's like he's reading from a bloody script. Never heard so much bullshit in my life

[saqibk1]

Like the movies he mentioned 2001,Jaws,Apocalypse Now and Raging Bull. Respect to Cruise. He got good taste.

[chickie434]

That's one of the best Oscar speeches ever I think.

[pheromoneaction]

Nice videos this you tube world just gets bigger every day! When you

have time come visit my chann

[SniperOmega180]

You do realise this is before Scientology?

He was giving a heartfelt speech yet the idiots who make up the majority of the internet bash him over his religion?

Real admirable.

[innit27]

debbie does dallas - i knew i wanted pussy

[Thetruepianoman]

Fuck religion, eat pancakes

[jeevan12596]

tom cruise is an idiot and the biggest jackass in the whole world by far

[iloveeverythingful]

Am I just totally missing something here, or was none of that speech related to scientology in any way? Because all I saw was a genuine guy giving a heart felt speech...

[joshun28]

@iloveeverythingful Don't forget he's an actor. He is here to convince you to believe in what he says/ whatever he says. I believe It is just a script he practised on.

[XtremeGoose]

@iloveeverythingful Except read the description and see who wrote it. He is an actor, of course he can make you believe its 'heart felt.'

[66chopperguy]

whats on his teeth

[IzzyJG99]

@66chopperguy Tom for a time wore braces and if I recall 2001 was the final year he wore them.

[HalfBathBlog]

Class Act

[tommyboi9]

Tom is a real genuine guy.. i mean ive met him myself hes very generous.

[MyFing2cents]

(SCR) SIENTOLOGISTS CONFRONTATIONAL RESPONSE CHART: 1. Attacking the question or truth 2. Claims to be of higher intellect, but not 3. Diverting the question 4. Viciously attacking the person they feel threatened by with Name calling and personal attacks 5. Running Away 6. Using several different aliases 7. Copy and Paste 8. Using "fuck" when losing an argument 9. Putting others down to feel superior 10. Accuse others of what they are guilty of 11. Definantly avoiding the subject

[Ritchie888]

@MyFing2cents I don't support any religion, but it's spelt 'Scientology', you dick.

[wsp29153]

bet he spends way too much time looking in the mirror

[tkcwu]

damn he needs braces again...

[lonelygeek123]

"movies were my light saber"

[ytgurlii]

a hot guy giving a centimental speech so that no one can accuse the academy of pulling off a gala event in the midst of such a huge crisis. great thinking!

[outerheaven8]

He is so fucking handsome

[draziom902]

Tom Cruise rules and so does Scientology.

[planetburn]

@draziom902

maybe the first one but the second one rediculous

[Flowerofchaos]

@goduniverse that's a great comment... (at first i was about to write "amen to that" but then I saw the irony!)

[Flowerofchaos]

@goduniverse that's a great comment... (at first i was about to write "amen to that" but then I saw the irony!)

[TheStudyOfPedro]

Pull up a Sofa? heh. heh.

[BustDays]

keep pressing 6 on your keyboard it looks like he's trying to say FUCK.

[draziom902]

@BustDays hows the drugs?

[jbravoe01]

tom cruise had braces here eh, white ones

[kashvenali]

hooooommmmmooooooooooo!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kashvenali]

you are the alpah man, midget..

[TheOutsider1p]

phuck haters..he is the man

[MrZw69]

tom cruise doesn't have the balls to be an astronaut

[nomarukenshin]

he sounds a little bit like the narrator of the old twilight zone show the way he talks.

Great speech, too bad i was only ten at the time and missed it.

[hamburgerjk65]

is he wearing braces?

[steves0912]

What a homo

[mustardegg2]

Reminds me of a William Shatner monologue........

[thunderbirdscarlett]

more than ever, forget forget forget, awards don't help

[djbethell]

An acted speech!

[kesrawr]

He looks taller than usual here

[frozenbloodbullets]

dude...my respect for tom cruise just tripled

he likes apocalypse now!!!!!! and 2011!!!!! and even raging bull!!!!! so how could a man who actually likes good movies be so stupid as to believe in Scientology

[frozenbloodbullets]

dude...my respect for tom cruise just tripled

he likes apocalypse now!!!!!! and 2011!!!!! and even raging bull!!!!! so how could a man who actually likes good movies be so stupid as to believe in scientology

[frozenbloodbullets]

dude...my respect for tom cruise just tripled

he likes apocalypse now!!!!!! and 2011!!!!! and even raging bull!!!!! so how could a man who actually likes good movies be so stupid as to believe in scientology

[MrsWLeach]

@frozenbloodbullets Help me out here. What DOES Scientology teach?

[ugottheblues]

if you quote billy wilder, you are cool in my book.

[FLOWER5358]

I can't take him serious cause of scientology

[karategirl666]

i remember this speech

[fuzzypickle90]

mi3

[scratchneck]

Is it true that his father muslim?

[fredheymans]

Can't take what this guy says seriously, should have had a serious hollywood player doing it

[MarziayJessica]

i thought you were like 20 something, telling us how you were younger then you were now and that you wanted to be an actor for so many reasons, how we so often hear. then i realized that the 9/11 didn't mean the year, the hair was more recent (you need it to be fixed, a little on the side) and then you said last year. i was impressed how you were able to keep the topic by allowing the topic to be what it has always really been, a story - told to incite the mind of so many, in however it does.

[Caineheist]

Now just peel off that skin and expose the fucking alien underneath that mask....

[farazazhar1]

awesome ... 

[DemiathDoomhammer]

pull up the sofa, it's just us talkin', it's idiot night..

[bobdebicker]

Great speech. I love tom cruise. Even though he might be a little weird.

[jimbobanalbeats]

I've never not liked one of tom cruises movies. Really entertaining actor.

[optimusumitpo]

@jimbobanalbeats even Mission Impossible 3?

[whoisspeaker4truth]

Psychophobiac asshole!

[whoisspeaker4truth]

Psychophobic asshole!

[pilgrimsprogressfan]

It's hard to talk in front of that many people. But....written by someone else? Is that what the caption says? If that's the case Cruise should have stopped acting for 2 minutes, and spoken like a human being with his own words.

[jckfmsincty]

There is no shame in being gay.

[lovegc55]

that was really good

[AlwaysSunny35]

is he wearing braces?

[chwgyi]

@AlwaysSunny35

yah, he wore braces for a while. He was in his forties-that's courage man.

[bordozmusic]

I think it's funny, that no matter what this speech may mean to someone, I look at the first page, and realize at least 75% of the comments are about his religion, scientology. While I may not agree with him, that what America is about, and his speech is about. Coming together, breaking bonds, and being together, united. That's just my thought, but what do I know?

[bretert]

@bordozmusic I will tell you what I know. If you believe America is about any of that... move out of there ASAP before your delusion kills you.

[TheShockMaster]

@bordozmusic

Agreed. I believe Scientology is ridiculous, but that doesn't mean that Tom Cruise isn't a great actor, or an inspiring figure.

[squippy117]

lol Xenu

[lumx2]

for all the criticisms.. try standing there in front of directors, actors, actresses, camara crews from all over the world and make a speech, from memory.. more difficultly, make believe is from the heart..

[CaptainMandie]

I may not be a huge fan of Tom Cruise, but this monologue was simply gorgeous. :)

[dave00dance]

good speach

[JacobInNormalLand]

no wonder he got so into scientology, if 2001 a space odyssey really made him think that much at the age of 6.



[Hi8380]

I find this monlouge cringy and him

and cheesy

[coryg1088]

Tom Cruise is an awesome actor. some may have been turned off for his less than normal off-screen antics. but you cant deny hes had an amazing career. a long list of 5star films and memorable characters. dedicated to his work and always delivers a great performance. maybe a little odd off-screen, ok, but whatever, he makes awesome movies and is absolutely watchable.

[conorfrog]

What a freakin' douche.

[kingofweedswood]

@conorfrog Agreed 100%

[philipsmovies]

Is that the Magick loved by the evil Aleister Crowley or the magic of the Hollywood deception or the Obama Deception and Predictive Programming? Is Hollywood corrupt and are it's streets paved with Gold? He comes on the stage like a magician, an actor's main character trait is to decieve bordering on the occult. Why do actors seem to live a long life? Is it because they are immune from ill health, the same applies to the Monarchy?

[bobolishas]

what a prick

[dionblair]

Man! This is such a great monologue.. Almost gave me goosebumps.

[ScottZaborski]

...

[Lucifera1011]

His speech has power because he doesn' use the reading machine. And that's why it sounds more from heart. But its nothing else not but calculating!! He tries so hard to interest. Do you really want to trust the man who thinks he is something as God and believes in own inerrancy??!! Go and figure what you believe in your heart! Don't trust to some brainless Hollywood celebrity. YOU ARE BETTER!!!

[buffett1000]

scientology sucks - you mean you don't think we're all lizards?

TAKE YOUR FUCKING HAND OUT OF YOUR POCKET TOM.

[geelad6969]

chill the fuck out Thomas your just a fucking actor.

[mwredit]

The infamous Tom Cruise Oscar Popcorn Speech...Lame.

[iDislikeNames]

Beautifully said. Wonder if he wrote it....

[stfwho]

"i knew i wanted to be an actor." HAHAHAHAHA

[LenaLosAngeles1983]

Tom Cruise is a great actor, and, he is still one of the sexiest men in Hollywood.