Tom Cruise tells acting students not to be ‘divas’

TORONTO — Graduates of an acting school in California were surprised Sunday with some words of wisdom from one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

Tom Cruise made an unannounced visit to the commencement ceremony at the Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Studio in Santa Monica and delivered a speech filled with advice for the aspiring thespians and anecdotes from his own career.

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According to The New York Post, Cruise told students not to be divas.

“He said that when you do finally get the chance of being in a movie, don’t spend the time in the trailer,” one person told the Post. “He said you need to experience everything on the movie, talk to everyone on the crew, the grips, everyone. Learn everything you can. You will never get that time back.”

Previous graduates of the school include Robin Wright, Julia Stiles and Cruise’s cousin William Mapother.