Q: Why did Tom Cruise become an actor?

A: He wanted to live a quiet life, out of the spotlight, free to indulge in his lifestyle without a care in the world as to what people would think.

Due to his short stature,  his enormous nose, which makes up over 30% of his body mass, and his complete inability to understand and process human emotion, he felt that a career as an actor would provide him with total anonymity. He looked forward to a life spent playing the Third Cop, or Second Man from right in a series of erotic thrillers.

Then it all went horribly wrong.