I had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.
TOM HARDYVanity is normal in performers. Does it bother other people? All the time. But nine times out of 10, that says more about them than you.
More Tom Hardy Quotes
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Maybe it’s a little ambitious of me to presume that no matter how big the film is, that I can always go down to the shop to buy a pint of milk.
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I’m going to fail to hit the mark I’ve put up before me because it’s not possible to hit it. I want to be the best at what I do so I’ve got to get over myself already because that’s never going to happen. I ain’t ever going to be God.
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I 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.
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There’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
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I’m not a big guy anyway. I’m only, what, 150 pounds? I was 190 for ‘Batman,’ 179 for ‘Warrior.’ Films make you look big.
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I had no immediate knowledge of the world of Batman at all. I’m quite incubated. I just keep myself to myself and my dog.
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You don’t step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.
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Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you’re drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you.
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Love is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
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It doesn’t matter who you are. What matters is your plan.
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I hate publicists and publicity. But I love the people.
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I 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.
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If you look round Hollywood there’s no end of white smiles and six packs. Long lines of beautiful people lining up to be incredible on film.
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The Long Red Road is a story about alcoholism and dysfunction and tragic tale of a man who’s trying to drink himself to death on an Indian reservation in Dakota. It was written for me, so it’s something I would love to do.
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I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I’ll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.
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