- Tom Cruise enjoyed a day out with his son.
Tom and his 28-year-old son Conner
made a rare public appearance together over the weekend
in New York City.
The father-son duo was spotted at a movie theater
for a promotion of the actor's highly anticipated
flick "Mission Impossible--
Dead Reckoning, Part 1."
Tom shares Conner with ex-wife Nicole Kidman.
The pair adopted him and sister Bella
before they divorced in 2001.
Nicole went on to marry Keith Urban in 2006.
And the couple share two daughters together,
Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
As for Tom, he went on to marry Katie Holmes in 2006,
and they welcomed their daughter,
Suri Cruise that same year before divorcing in 2012.
"Access Hollywood" last spoke to Tom
last month at the Rome premiere of his new action flick.
And he opened up about why he enjoys doing his own stunts.
- Good to see you, man.
You've been well? TOM CRUISE: Yeah.
And you? - I've been well.
I've been well, not as good as you, but pretty good.
This is incredible.
I just feel like--
we were just talking about Tom--
"Top Gun."
I'm watching you fly in on an aircraft carrier, right?
And now you're jumping off of mountains on a motorcycle.
I have asked you this before.
Did anyone on this movie tell you, you don't have to do it,
Tom?
You don't have to actually jump off.
TOM CRUISE: Well, you know, you never, have to, but I want to.
I want to thrill that audience.
I want to-- I want to do everything I can.
Great outfit.
It's very cool.
You too, man. - Thank you, brother.
TOM CRUISE: You too, man. - You as well.
TOM CRUISE: Thank you very much. - We out here.
TOM CRUISE: That's what I love about prem--
That's what I love about premieres.
You know what I mean? Because--
- Everybody looks sharp.
TOM CRUISE: --it's like everyone looks sharp.
Like, we're thinking about it.
You know you're thinking about it.
You pull that off.
- No, I was like, oh, hold on a second.
TOM CRUISE: Hold on. - The suede.
Do I do a suede?
TOM CRUISE: It's like, what's-- we were talking
about the Spanish Steps.
Like, what are we gonna do?
- Yeah, I got to do silk, some silk--
TOM CRUISE: Yeah. That's--
- --some silk and some gold because we're in Italy.
You know what I mean? TOM CRUISE: Yes.
- Is there a song-- TOM CRUISE: That's fun.
I love it.
- Is there a song that gets you geared up?
Is there a song that gets you fired up?
Like, what's one recently that you've been like--
TOM CRUISE: I've got a lot of music.
I'm constantly-- like, I love music.
You see the movies.
And I love all kinds of music, you know.
And-- - Give me one.
Give me one artist. Give me one song.
TOM CRUISE: Because one of my friends are going to go like,
you didn't say my-- you didn't say my song?
- Well, you know--
TOM CRUISE: My friends are going to go like--
I'm going to get the calls tonight.
I'm not doing that.
I used to do that.
And then my friends were like, you know, I saw you,
and you didn't say my song.
I'm like, OK, man.
- Sorry, bro.
TOM CRUISE: Yeah, no.
I'm not doing that.
- OK.
Now, OK, tell me this.
What you think about this.
There have been some people who have said you
and Harrison Ford, the last remaining bona fide action
movie stars.
He's 80, turning 81 this year, and he's still doing it.
TOM CRUISE: Let me tell you something.
And I'll go-- I'll keep going.
I can't wait for "Raiders."
- Right.
TOM CRUISE: I can't wait to see it.
And I will keep going to his movies.
- Right?
TOM CRUISE: That guy's, like--
he's so charismatic.
He's such a great actor and movie star and a great guy.
- Is there--
TOM CRUISE: He's a great guy.
But I also, for us, I'm looking at the cast.
And I look at the "Top Gun" cast.
And I'm-- I work with actors, filmmakers because I
want that next generation.
And they're there.
And, they're, you know-- and I'm--
I do it, and I show people how to do it because whether they
want to listen or not, I'm going,
I want it to be available for them.
I want--
- I mean, I see how you've plucked Tarzan.
You know what I mean?
He said, no, I'll do it.
Whatever the movie is, I'm in.
I'm down.
TOM CRUISE: Good.
And I said, it's like, come on, you're so talented.
You're so charismatic.
He's a good dude.
And he also is very talented.
Like, you see him in those frames.
Like, what he's creating, those moments, for me,
and that arc of that character in this--
so those are the things that--
look, I've been fortunate.
I've been doing this since I was 18.
And I gave a speech for the PGA.
They gave me an award.
And that wasn't just a speech.
I wrote it because I wanted other artists and actors
to see this is how I did it.
I wrote that speech to go, please, this is how I did it.
This is what I did.
And if they want to pay attention, I'm here.
People know I'm here to help people.
Like, I don't hold anything back.
I'm like, this is how I did it.
You-- you decide how you want to make movies.
I'm telling you what worked for me.
And everyone has their own viewpoint.
And I respect that.
- "Risky Business" is turning 40.
TOM CRUISE: That's amazing!
- 40.
TOM CRUISE: I made it when I was--
it's got to be '83.
Yeah, it's 40.
And I made it in '82.
- Come on!
TOM CRUISE: And I was 19 when I made it.
- What are you--
TOM CRUISE: I was 19.
- The dance scene is iconic.
TOM CRUISE: I'll never forget that night--
that day that I shot that scene. - OK.
Tell me.
TOM CRUISE: I just-- you know what?
He gave me the opening frame of that shot.
And he goes, I want to start here.
I want to move here.
And he and I--
you know, Paul Brickman, great filmmaker,
he and I talked about it.
He said, here's the choreography.
And, look, I grew up dancing in my underwear in my house.
Who didn't? - Who didn't?
TOM CRUISE: Who didn't? - Who doesn't still?
TOM CRUISE: So I was like, I got does.
- Who doesn't still? Tom, do you still?
TOM CRUISE: Yeah, I still. - See?
TOM CRUISE: You know?
So you could see, like, I had to figure out how I slide
across the floor in my socks.
So I saw the opening frame.
I go, I want to hit center frame.
So-- and I tried to slide in my socks.
It didn't work.
And then I said, well, let's just
put stuff down on the floor, and I slid all the way across.
I was like, that didn't work. - Right.
TOM CRUISE: And then I was like-- then I
got-- you know, the guy said, put the sticky spray there
so just every time, I'll slide and land center frame.
And then I went through that whole thing.
And it was a learning experience for me
not just as an actor going through it, but then I would--
I'd spend a lot of time in the editing room.
So I went in the editing room, and I saw the shots
and looked at how editorially they're putting it together.
So I started really from "Taps" to that,
understanding that cinematic process
right from the very beginning.
So that was a formative experience.
I feel very lucky to have had that opportunity,
to be able to have that kind of script
and that kind of material at that age.
- It's incredible, man.
You are--