A meeting with the real Katie Holmes...

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are always considered as Hollywood's most watched couples. Katie leads an incredibly high-profile life, but shares her real self with PEOPLE magazine. "There's a misperception about me that I just became this wallflower, this woman who doesn't have any control of her life," the 29-year-old actress tells the T: The New York Times Style Magazine in the issue hitting newsstands Sunday. "And that's pretty wrong. From the very beginning, I've made choices in my life that have been very strong. " After her girlhood crush, Katie was in deep love with Tom and got married in Italy in 2006. She got impressed with the down to earth attitude of Tom Cruise.

"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." When mother of 2-year-old daughter Suri was asked, misses having a more anonymous existence, she says not at all. "My life has expanded. My family and friends are all part of this bigger life." "I'm a mom and an actress with a play to do every night. I can't pay attention to all that noise." Even Tom during a Q&A in the Times Style Magazine, addresses his relationship with Holmes. "I knew I wanted to marry Kate when I met her," he says. "After our very first date, I was sure. At one point, I thought she was going to ask me to marry her first and I cut her off by changing the subject. I wanted to ask her."

(Source: people.com)