As part of one of Hollywood’s most watched couples, Katie Holmes lives an incredibly high-profile life – but says many people still have the wrong idea about her.

Katie Holmes tells the T: The New York Times Style Magazine in the issue hitting newsstands Sunday:

“There’s a misperception about me that I just became this wallflower, this woman who doesn’t have any control of her life. And that’s pretty wrong. From the very beginning, I’ve made choices in my life that have been very strong.”

Holmes, who married Tom Cruise in Italy in 2006 after a whirlwind romance, says that she had a girlhood crush on her now husband, and was surprised how down-to-earth he was in person.

“When I met Tom I was completely in love and, yes, I admired him growing up – he’s Tom Cruise! … When I met him, he was so warm and I thought, Wow! You can be a superstar and a human being. He made me feel so amazing.”

Why is this so hard for me to believe Katie Holmes? Maybe it’s been the years of being told she’s a robot — maybe it’s the canned feeling of her comments. I know, it’s what she says about Tom Cruise — absolutely unbelievable.

source: [people]