London, April 10 :  Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, 50, says life always keeps throwing new challenges, and the right way to deal with it is to face it with a pitch of humour.

He spoke about life while promoting for his new sci-fi movie "Oblivion".

"Life is a challenge. You are 50 and you think you have everything in order and suddenly it hits you - that's what life is all about," thesun. co. uk quoted Cruise as saying.

"Life is like a tragic comedy, you need a sense of humour," he added.

The movie also stars Olga Kurylenko and Morgan Freeman.(IANS)