Do you think Tom Cruise is insane?

[Herman Munster]

Check this video out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly-hTPNRlWU#

[saltpoint]

1. I don't think he's insane. Perhaps he's a less-than-gifted actor playing someone

who is decompensating.

He seems kind of angry and exasperated a lot of the time.

His wife appears to be very beautiful and serene and they appear to love their baby.

His films are watchable but not my personal favorites usually, unless he's on screen with Dustin Hoffman, who really is a gifted actor.

I hope he finds some inhabitable space in his thinking and does some good work.

[zanne]

2. I don't think he's insane.

He's just not the brightest bulb in the package. He's sexy if he keep his mouth shut.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. No

while insane people have strange beliefs, having strange beliefs does not mean one is insane.

[robbedvoter]

4. Video just shows one aspect of that, he let us see others. In his favor though

his film company made a separate deal with the WGA (Writers Guild)- so, weather he is aware of it or not - it's a plus.

[kywildcat]

5. I think he's bi-polar.

with an enabling family. His longtime manager (or PR person can't remember which) knew how to handle him-and was an excellent filter between his more erratic behavior and the public. Now that his sister handles his PR-I think she's too close to his behavior to see it as goofy-so we see more manic episodes from him.

[natrat]

6. not sure-but i laughed when he jumped up and down on oprah's couch

[Fovea]

7. To quote Jonathon Coulton

Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise crazy.

[vi5]

8. I think he's brainwashed for lack of a better word.

I think he had a fairly troubled life both in terms of his home life and also if I remember correctly struggling with Dyslexia. I think acting led him to a life where he was susceptible to not only the media and studio execs pumping him up but also the church of scientology playing on a lot of his personal/life issues. I just think that the combination of those two things has led him to really lose touch with basic reality.

[blondeatlast]

9. He's just easily led because he isn't as intelligent as he thinks he is. nt

[lpbk2713]

10. If I had his money people would probably think I'm insane too.

It's kind of touch and go as it is right now. :eyes:

[cboy4]

11. He's closer to "yes" than "no" if you ask me.

At the very least, bat shit crazy.

[SidDithers]

12. "I didn't say insane, your honour, I said fucking goofy"...

** cue rimshot **

Sid

[madokie]

13. if you mean in a religious trance I say yes

and that is the part of religion I worry about, those who loose sight of reality as he sure seems to have done.

[Angela Shelley]

14. He´s not insane, he´s just extremely arrogant

and has found an organization which supports his behavior.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. No more than any run-of-the-mill christian fundamentalist who

can't and won't think for him/herself.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. He talks like someone who isn't very bright

and therefore easily indoctrinated with stuff he doesn't really understand.

[Skittles]

17. not any more than any other religious freak

they're all brainwashed; it's just a matter of degree

[YOY]

18. No but I do think he is gay as a day in May

and that his wife is as good a beard as they get...

[soleft]

19. Whatever mental health classification defines a cult member

Definite messiah complex going on there too.

[philosophie_en_rose]

20. Not ill. Just stupid.

[mattfromnossa]

21. yes

[electron_blue]

22. I think he's controlling/abusive with huge boundary issues.

I don't know if this qualifies as insane.