While filming the famous scene where Tom Cruise drops from the ceiling and hovers inches above the ground, Cruise's head kept hitting the floor until he got the idea to put coins in his shoes for balance.
The trick with the disappearing/reappearing CD that Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) does to fool Franz Krieger (Jean Reno) is not a camera trick or any other visual effect, but a genuine sleight-of-hand trick.
Not only is this the only film in the franchise where Ethan Hunt doesn't fire a gun, it is the only one to not have shoot-outs or gunfights.
Tom Cruise deferred his $20 million fee for a percentage of the box office takings, and ended up earning a reported $70 million.
Reza Badiyi, the person responsible for directing more episodes of the original Misión Imposible (1966) television series than anyone else, was asked by the head of Paramount Pictures to be present on the set for consulting and advising. Director Brian De Palma approached him and told him how much he had enjoyed the original series. He also added that the movie would be nothing like the television show, and that his presence on the set would only result in making both of them uncomfortable. Badiyi thanked him for his honesty and left the set, never to return.