Celebrity | Tom Cruise 11 Celebs Who Aspired to Be Priests, Nuns Including, oddly enough, Michael Moore By Evann Gastaldo Posted Mar 16, 2013 9:57 AM CDT Copied This Jan. 8 photo shows filmmaker Michael Moore at the National Board of Review Awards gala in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Can't really picture Tom Cruise as a priest? Well, he's far from the only celebrity who ever aspired to the religious order. Huffington Post rounds up 10 more: Jack White: At 14, the musician thought he "might have had the calling to be a priest," he once said. "Blues singers and people who are singing on stage have the same feelings and emotions that someone who is called to be a priest might have." Eva Mendes: She thought about becoming a nun, but was put off by the fact that they make roughly zero dollars per year. Anjelica Huston: Her father was an atheist, but "I longed to be indoctrinated," she's said. She wanted to be a nun, but when she told her father at age 6, he said, "That's wonderful, honey. When are you going to start?" Michael Moore: "I went to the seminary to become a priest," the director once said. Click for the complete list, especially if you want to know Anne Hathaway's thoughts on becoming a nun. Or, since Cruise eventually ended up a Scientologist, click to learn about 13 more celeb Scientologists. Read These Next Mid Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Report an error