Tom Cruise expresses regret over early career choice

Tom Cruise has revealed he regrets making a decision about his role early in his career.

The Hollywood actor gained widespread recognition for his role as a teenage suburban, Joel Goodsen, in 1983’s Risky Business.

Early projects included 1981’s war movie, Taps, and 1982’s indie comedy movie, Losin' It.

At the British Film Institute, during an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he reflected upon his early career in low quality production movies.

"I did a film, it was called Tijuana at first, and it was with Hanson, Curtis Hanson, who went on to direct L.A. Confidential," the Mission Impossible actor said.

"Coming out of Taps, which was, we spent six weeks with rehearsals, and there was an environment that [producer] Stanley Jaffe and [director] Harold Becker had created that really defined the rest of my career," he continued.

Regretting over the quality of production, the 62-year-old actor told the publication, "The quality wasn't there,what they told me it was going to be and what it ended up being were two different things."

"It was an incredible learning experience because it was the first time I realized some people didn't know how to make movies, and some people didn't have the same level of passion or quality commitment," Tom Cruise added before signing off.