Tom Cruises’s former manager Eileen Berlin new him well when he was on the verge of fame. She spoke out on his 3 marriages and said that she is not surprised that they failed, but is surprised how long they each lasted, and blamed his lack of commitment on his abusive childhood. She also said that while he lived with her he would do awkward things like walk around in a g-string and just admire himself and lock himself in the closet and imagine things in order to fuel himself for a movie role. Hit the jump to see what else she said.
Steph Bassanini

…. Breaking her silence for the first time since she signed the actor as her client soon after his 18th birthday, Mrs Berlin said last week that she blamed his pent-up anger created by an abusive childhood for his three broken marriages.
As a child, the star, born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, suffered from dyslexia, was bullied by his peers, and beaten and then abandoned by his father.
At 15, he entered a seminary, intending to become a priest.
Mrs Berlin, now 77, ran a New York film and theatrical management agency with her late husband and met Cruise some three years later, after he dropped his surname and made acting his calling instead.
‘His mom had asked him to leave her house, I think because he had had a teenage drinking problem,’ Mrs Berlin said……

‘By the time I met him, he had decided he could be a star,’ she said. ‘He wanted to be treated like a star and he acted like a star. He would walk around my house in a little G-string strap and nothing else. I had a mirrored wall and he would stand in front of it, flexing his biceps and admiring himself.
‘I was a bit embarrassed but he liked to show off his body. He had a great pride in it.’
Though he could be moody, the young lodger also had a charming side. Mrs Berlin said: ‘He was sweet, respectful and mannerly to a fault. He always addressed me as “ma’am” and my husband as “sir”. But he was so private, he couldn’t show his true feelings. You would get so far and he would close down. I am sure his wives would have come up against that barrier.’
‘He would channel his rage into his roles,’ Mrs Berlin said.
‘For Taps, he locked himself in the closet. He said he thought about someone raping his sister before he filmed a scene where he blasted a machine gun. Once, my husband and I took him out for lunch while they were on location and a waitress said, “Are you one of the actors?’’ Tom said to us, “Please tell her not to ask me any questions. I’m still in character.” ’

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