Tom Cruise Fires His Own Staff  5/30/05

Tom Cruise insists on firing staff if they make mistakes, because he hates the thought of members of his expanded empire doing his dirty work for him.

The actor has lashed out at reports he sends aides to terminate contracts, insisting he's the only one who sacks the people he hires.

He says, "I've always made my own decisions. The people that work for me, I allow them to work for me and I give people lots of room and lots of chances because I want to see people do well, I care about them.

"If they're not doing it at a certain point, it's like, 'Hey...' I fire them.'"