It doesn’t matter who you are. What matters is your plan.
TOM HARDYIt doesn’t matter who you are. What matters is your plan.
TOM HARDYWhatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
TOM HARDYI set myself that decision, otherwise I’m driving an opinion at you, and I think that would be treating you like you’re an idiot. I don’t want to force-feed you my opinion.
TOM HARDYIt’s much less daunting once you’ve put your foot on the road to it. I’m a notorious couch potato and I don’t like exercise. Half an hour of physical exercise, like jogging or fast walking a day is a start.
TOM HARDYWe’re all flawed human beings and we all have a cauldron of psychosis which we have to unravel as we grow older and find the way we fit in to live our lives as best as possible.
TOM HARDYI’m into parlor dramas. I’m into theatre. I’m trained for the stage. I trained to do Chekhov and Shakespeare, I was trained for the stage.
TOM HARDYI liked you better when you were drunk .
TOM HARDYThe only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.
TOM HARDYDavid Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like him. If you hate him, you really hate him. He’s someone who’s into controversy, you know what I mean? That’s David Mamet.
TOM HARDYI love dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
TOM HARDYIf I am duly compared to Marlon Brando at all, well, I can only think of The Teahouse of the ‘Shanghai Noon,’ that they’re comparing me to that!
TOM HARDYI hate publicists and publicity. But I love the people.
TOM HARDYI like to be other people, not me. And when you’re on the red carpet, it’s like, ‘Here’s Tom Hardy.’ I don’t want to be me. That’s why I play other people.
TOM HARDYI had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.
TOM HARDYLove is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
TOM HARDYAnd I like people. I like to know what you’re really up to. I’m a bit of a nosey busy body. Why do they do the things they do? Why are they prepared to do the things they do to get what they want? When? Where? Who?
TOM HARDY