Katie Holmes wants to assure us she’s down to earth

SHE might have been married to Tom Cruise and be an A-list actress, but Katie Holmes insists she is just like you and I.

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SHE might have been married to Tom Cruise and be an A-list actress, but Katie Holmes insists she is just like you and I.

“I have a very normal life, and I happen to work in an industry that is abnormal,” she told OceanDrive magazine. “Daily life, I take a train and cab; it’s just about getting from here to there, and I don’t care how I do it. I have to get there. If you’re having a bad day, you just take a walk, and it’s not only that you see people who are having a worse day than you, it’s just that you’re in life. You suddenly can’t be stuck in whatever problem you’re in because you have to hail a cab or you have to get a subway ticket. There’s more than just you. And I think the harsh winters give you a little bit of character.”

Though Holmes is no stranger to public transport, having been caught snoozing on the subway and boarding a train in a ball gown, the first-time director is focused on the route towards her future, not the past.

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise ride the New York subway in Manhattan.

“I don’t regret anything that I’ve done,” she said. “I’ve learned from everything, and everything sort of leads you to the next place. I just keep going.”

“As I’ve grown up, I think that the harder you work the more successful you are. From what I have seen, the people at the top, they’re just constantly working and constantly surrounding themselves with other successful, like-minded creative people.”

Holmes is certainly on track for a happy new year. The actress and rumoured beau Jamie Foxx are still together.

The pair were first linked in 2013, just months after Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, after nearly six years of marriage.

Meanwhile, the 36-year-old actress admitted that being a mother is her number one priority:

“Being a parent also is a source of inspiration to just work really hard. You want to set an example — and, you know, [your children] are what drives you.”