Being an only child, I didn’t have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.
TOM HARDYBeing an only child, I didn’t have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.
TOM HARDYThe lack of carbohydrates can make you a little crazy.
TOM HARDYMaybe 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 HARDYIf 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.
TOM HARDYI 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 HARDYThe only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.
TOM HARDYThere’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
TOM HARDYI 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.
TOM HARDYJu 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 HARDYI’m just getting settled as a responsible man – but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.
TOM HARDYThe 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.
TOM HARDYI 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 HARDYI’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 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 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 HARDYI guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home.
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