Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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"I was a kid who jumped off the roof and into the snowbanks because I wanted to see how many flips I could do before I hit the snow" - Tom Cruise in 2010, as told to Cal Fussman

What I've Learned: a series produced by Esquire and Quoted Studios

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Executive Producer DAVID GERLACH
Interviewer CAL FUSSMAN
Illustrator JOE McKENDRY
Director PATRICK SMITH
Animator JENNIFER YOO

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