Tuesday December 30, 2008
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise backstage during Tina Turner's 50th Anniversary tour on December 1, 2008 in New York City.
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If Tom Cruise has his way, Suri could have a lot of little brothers and sisters.
"I want 10 children. I love kids," the Valkyrie star says in an interview with UK's The Sun.
See adorable photos of Suri this past year.
Cruise, 46, is also dad to Connor, 13, and Isabella, 16, his adopted children with ex Nicole Kidman.
"I feel really fortunate to have the teenagers and a two and a half-year-old. It's a great dynamic," he says.
See photos of Suri's favorite things in the world.
So how does Holmes -- who just celebrated her 30th birthday -- feel about giving birth to a brood that could rival Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's?
"If I'm worried about anything, it's if she [Katie] can keep up with me," Cruise jokes. "I'm very active...jumping on couches and whatnot."
Check out photos of Angie playing with her kids.
Cruise adds that he's "a great parent.
"I want to be with my kids, and they get to do all the stuff that I wanted to do when I was growing up," he says. "My own father wasn’t there much for me and I want to be a different dad to my kids. My family is the most important thing in my life."
(And despite his split from Kidman, he says: "Nic and I are very committed and successful in sharing the parenting.")
In addition to raising Suri, whom he calls "so charming, so beautiful...just great," Cruise says he's teaching Connor how to motorbike.
"I go to the children’s groups like other daddies," Cruise says. "At first people look at me like, 'My God, it's him!' and they treat me a little differently.
"But then they realize I'm just a father with my kids," Cruise adds. "It's up to me to make everybody else feel okay about the fact that I'm there, and then everything just goes on."
But when not spending time with his children, Cruise turns his focus to his wife of two years, whom he calls "a very strong, gracious woman and a great comedian."
See what a body language expert has to say about Tom and Katie's relationship.
"I like doing romantic things, such as bringing flowers and surprising her with things," Cruise says. "I love candlelit evenings with nice music.
"Married life is very good, very lovely," he adds. "I feel lucky to have Kate as my wife. She's an extraordinary woman. She is funny and smart and she likes the same things that I do."
Look back at all the women Tom has romanced.
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