Tom Cruise: Baby's Birth Was 'Spiritual'

By Emily Fromm

UPDATED 04/21/2006 at 03:45 PM EDT • Originally published 04/21/2006 at 03:15 PM EDT

Tom Cruise, who had his first child with Katie Holmes on Tuesday, says the birth of their daughter, Suri, "was everything that we wanted."

"It was spiritual. It was powerful. It was indescribable. What words can you use? It's still something that I'm processing and keep reliving," the actor tells ABC News's Deborah Roberts in a 20/20 interview airing Friday.

Cruise made his comments on Thursday night during an interview with the cast of his upcoming movie, Mission: Impossible III, including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keri Russell and director J.J. Abrams.

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Asked whether he'd scale back on his movie stunts now that he's the father of a new baby, Cruise tells Roberts, "No. I mean, I have three beautiful children (including Isabella, 13, and Connor, 11, from his previous marriage to Nicole Kidman). And I love the adventure of life and filmmaking. … You can get struck by lightning walking out of your house… I’m interested in life. And, I’m very active and I love it."

In fact, Cruise admits that he suffered an injury while filming M:I 3. "I separated six ribs at a certain point. I never told J.J. or anybody when it happened."

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He also confesses that Holmes was less than thrilled by his daredevil stunts: "She said, 'That gave me the willies. I don't want to see that again.'"

Cruise even jokes about his well-known enthusiasm. When Roberts asks if he was pleased with the way the film turned out, he says, "If there were couches and chandeliers, I'd be jumping up and down!"

(The interview will be featured on an abbreviated 20/20 airing on ABC on Friday, April 21, from 9:00-9:15 p.m. ET.)