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Tom Cruise: Simon’s fantastic in this scene, by the way. Christopher McQuarrie: He is great in this scene. Tom Cruise: He is such a great comedic actor, a dramatic actor, and I love what he does… Christopher McQuarrie: And his love of movies, and especially spy movies, and he just… he really gets it.

- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) commentary

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Christopher McQuarrie: And again, Simon just playing these subtly beautiful moments. Tom Cruise: I know. For me, it just brings me right into the human drama. Christopher McQuarrie: He really is the heart of it.

- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) commentary

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Christopher McQuarrie: Simon is so extraordinary in this scene. Tom Cruise: Yeah, he is extraordinary. Christopher McQuarrie: The sympathy that he plays… And just… Tom Cruise: He just delivered. Christopher McQuarrie: Yes, but you do this beautiful thing when you walk up and you put your hand on his shoulder, and it’s these little moments that you and Simon were creating between yourselves were really, really nice. And just the fear in Simon’s eyes, the tremble in his voice… I remember you looked at me the first time he did it -cause we were on you- when you saw Simon doing it, and you were like… Tom Cruise: I was like “Please shoot him. Don’t shoot me. Shoot him”.

- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) commentary