I’m from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I’ve been.
TOM HARDYThe only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.
More Tom Hardy Quotes
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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 lack of carbohydrates can make you a little crazy.
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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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I think it’s important that you always transform if you can. That’s what I was trained to do. You try and hide yourself as much as you can – that’s the key to longevity.
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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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Love is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
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I love people. People are lovely creatures. I’m one myself, so I love to see people happy.
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My job is to show and tell. If I get better at showing and telling then presumably I get hired more.
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There’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
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I’m just getting settled as a responsible man – but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.
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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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I think online dating is a way of procuring people. Like Facebook and Myspace, it’s the way that people connect now and procure small children and sometimes dodgy relationships. I don’t think it’s very healthy.
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And 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?
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There’s an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.
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