Tom Cruise Claims He's Actually Going to Make Movies 'Into His 100s,' Not Just His 80s: 'I Will Never Stop'

At this point, Tom Cruise might very well live forever — and if he does, at least we know he’ll still be making movies. The legendary actor and daredevil stunt performer recently doubled down on his past declaration that he would continue to make movies into his 80s, and he even took that claim to the next level.

“I actually said I’m going to make movies into my 80s; actually, I’m going to make them into my 100s,” he told THR recently while attending the Cannes Film Festival in honor of his new film Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which played the festival out of competition. “I will never stop. I will never stop doing action, I will never stop doing drama, comedy films — I’m excited.”

Cruise has been the core of the Mission: Impossible franchise for nearly 30 years now, and it should come as no surprise that the actor has a treasure trove of memories from making the films, starting with the very first in 1996.

But in reflecting as the franchise comes to a close once and for all, Cruise claimed it’s impossible to pick just one because of how wonderful the entire experience has been.

“There's been so many levels of reward with the filmmakers that I’ve collaborated with, the crews, the people, the cultures that we’ve worked in,” he explained at the festival.

“Everything that I’ve learned and continue to learn about storytelling, about life, about leadership, about character and every aspect of filmmaking. It’s been exceptional, it really is exceptional. I feel very fortunate to be able to make the films that I make and I love it, I just [love] making movies.”

Earlier this month, Cruise revealed that M:I 8 director Christopher McQuarrie wanted him to do some actually impossible stunts for the upcoming film, but in order to illustrate how difficult the feat was, he quite literally put McQuarrie up to the trick himself.

Honestly, his life just sounds like a blast. Thankfully cinema has a hype man like him. Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, arrives in theaters May 23, 2025.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.