Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu described the task of summarizing Tom Cruise's 45-year career in a four-minute speech as 'impossible'. He made the comment the day before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Cruise with an honorary Oscar. Cruise, 63, who has been nominated for four Oscars but has never won, was selected by the Academy's Board of Governors in recognition of his long career. While accepting the award, Cruise spoke about the impact of watching movies in theaters when he was a child and mentioned that he worked every possible job to earn money to buy movie tickets. Cruise said: 'I will always do everything in my power to support this art, champion new voices, and protect what makes cinema strong.' Cruise suffered a broken ankle while filming a dangerous stunt in 2017. He added: 'The movie business is not what I do, it's who I am.'
