In 2008, Cruise played a small but significant role in the comedy film Tropic Thunder, playing a sleazy and profane studio executive named Les Grossman.

2008年，克鲁斯在喜剧电影《热带惊雷》中扮演了一个重要的小角色——低俗粗鲁的制片公司高管雷斯·格罗斯曼。

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Once, when I mentioned a rival movie studio to a senior Disney executive, he replied "there is a difference between a brand and a logo."

有一次我向迪士尼资深高管问起对于一家竞争电影制片厂的看法，他回答说“品牌和标志之间是有很大区别的”。

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There was once a stubborn studio executive.

从前有个固执的电影公司经理。

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The remarkable, Orwellian "Brazil, " which he co-wrote and directed in 1985, is still a classic case of visionary filmmaker vs. shortsighted studio (or, if you're a studio executive, clear-sighted studio vs. enfant terrible).

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