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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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! 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! 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.
