Tom Cruise wants ten children

Actor Tom Cruise speaks with Japan's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa (not pictured) at the latter's office in Tokyo June 20, 2006. Cruise, who is in Tokyo for the Japan premiere of his movie "Mission Impossible III", was honoured by the minister for promoting Japan through his films. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise says he would be happy to father ten children following the arrival of his first baby girl with fiancee Katie Holmes.

"I always wanted to be a father. I remember my whole life, I wanted to be a father. So I'm hoping maybe I have 10 children," he said with laughter at a press conference in Tokyo.

Cruise, 43, also has two adopted children from a previous marriage to actress Nicole Kidman, who is now set to wed country music singer Keith Urban.

Asked how he felt about his new baby, Suri, who was born in April, Cruise said, "Very, very very happy."

"It was the best Father's Day," he said of Sunday which he spent with his children and Holmes.

"I think you all know how, what a gift it is, children," he said.