I want to be like Tom Cruise from ’The Outsiders’ and go on and do amazing movies for a long time.

Kutcher frames his own career ambitions through a specific Hollywood model: Tom Cruise as the young breakout in Francis Ford Coppola’s ensemble film The Outsiders (1983) who then sustained decades of high-profile, commercially successful work. The remark is less about imitating Cruise’s style than about longevity—continuing to secure “amazing movies” over time rather than peaking early. It also reflects how actors often narrate their goals via recognizable career arcs, using a famous predecessor as shorthand for discipline, star power, and the ability to remain bankable across changing industry tastes.