’You’re never there’: After a lifetime of making movies, Tom Cruise is always looking for the next big thing

BURBANK, Calif. — When he steps in front of the camera, Tom Cruise wants two things: To challenge himself and to give audiences a movie-going experience they’ll be talking about long after they leave the theatre. Ever since booking his first major role in 1981s military school drama Taps, Cruise, now 64, has worked to…