Although unsure whether to take back the infamous "couch-jumping" gesture on Oprah Winfrey's show in 2005, Tom Cruise refrained from any silly gestures this time around.

During the first part of his interview which aired Friday, the 45-year-old actor, who taped the one hour-long sit-down with Oprah on Wednesday in his Telluride, Colorado, home, revealed that he jumped on her couch nearly three years ago because he was so in love with his now wife, Katie Holmes, and couldn't contain his emotions.

"That was a moment, and it was real, and I don't know if I would (do it differently). I really don't," Cruise was quoted as saying by Usmagazine.com.

In response, the talk-show queen confessed that the incident caught her by surprise as well.

"When we finished that show with you jumping up on the sofa, I was like, 'Wow. What was that?'" Oprah recalled. "I had no idea it was going to turn into an international brouhaha, as I'm sure you did not either."

Holmes, who became Cruise's wife in November 2006, welcomed Winfrey to the couple's home at the top of the show. She then left a subdued, jeans-wearing Cruise to conduct a tour, which included a peek his daughter Suri's playrooms, the home's kitchen, Cruise's collection of bound film scripts, and stunning views of snow-topped mountains.

"I was a little nervous coming up this morning, I have to admit, because you and I have not sat down for a real conversation since the sofa incident," Winfrey confessed as the two chatted on an overstuffed couch in the family's living room.

"I just felt that way, and I feel that way about her. I can't even articulate it, to be honest," Cruise said. "That feeling, that connection. Just who she is and what she means to me."

Keeping his calm, Cruise went on to comment the negative response his gesture received from the public saying, "It just kind of kept going. Those things I kind of go, 'You just have to take in stride.' It just kind of became a confluence of things."

The actor also approached delicate subjects such as the aim he took at actress Brooke Shields, a month after the couch-jumping incident, for taking anti-depressants after the birth of her child, and criticizing "Today" host Matt Lauer for suggesting that psychiatric treatment might help some patients.

"I personally don't (believe in antidepressant drugs). ... But I think that if people have them, it's their decision. When you look at something, it's an individual's right to make a decision on what they're going to do with their life," he said.

The second part of the interview was taped on Thursday at Winfrey's studios in Chicago and will air on Monday.

His appearance on Oprah's show was in celebration of the 25th anniversary of his break-out film "Risky Business."