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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.

Tom Hardy

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.
TOM HARDY

Imitation Myself People Play Yourself
I had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.
TOM HARDY

Character Father Imagination Myself
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.
TOM HARDY

Buddhism Fear Hold Rescue Survival Yourself
There’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
TOM HARDY

Job Perfection Pride
It’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 HARDY

Day Exercise Road Start Walk Yourself
I’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 HARDY

Drama Myself Stage Training
You don’t step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.
TOM HARDY

Deep Eat Stage Yourself
I’m an armchair psychologist, I suppose, and I like to kind of sit around and guess and pretend I know what’s going on.
TOM HARDY

Doctor Job Kind Myself
I hate publicists and publicity. But I love the people.
TOM HARDY

Hate Love Myself People Public
There’s an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.
TOM HARDY

Abundance Brand Control Exposure Start Work Yourself
If 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 HARDY

Compare Myself
David 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 HARDY

Director Greatness Myself Play Writing
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.
TOM HARDY

Appearance Body Yourself
I liked you better when you were drunk .
TOM HARDY

Alcohol Better Drunk Myself
The lack of carbohydrates can make you a little crazy.
TOM HARDY

Crazy Yourself
I’m from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I’ve been.
TOM HARDY

Family Myself Place Tattoo
A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don’t feel it. I feel intrinsically feminine. I’d love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I’m not one of the boys.
TOM HARDY

Compensation Feminine Oneself People Quality
We’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 HARDY

Best Flaws Growth Human Live Mistake Old Possible Way
I guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home.
TOM HARDY

Dreams Home Money Myself Time
I love dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
TOM HARDY

Animal Love Myself
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.
TOM HARDY

Ambitious Big Milk Myself Shop
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.
TOM HARDY

Date Health Myself People Social Media Thinking
I’m just getting settled as a responsible man – but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.
TOM HARDY

Man Responsible Yourself
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.
TOM HARDY

Decision Drive Force Myself Opinion Treat
It doesn’t matter who you are. What matters is your plan.
TOM HARDY

Existence Planning Yourself
My job is to show and tell. If I get better at showing and telling then presumably I get hired more.
TOM HARDY

Better Hire Job Myself
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.
TOM HARDY

Hide Important Key Training Transformation Yourself

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