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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

I had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.
TOM HARDY

Character Father Imagination Myself
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.
TOM HARDY

Failure God Hit Mark Myself Possible
I hate publicists and publicity. But I love the people.
TOM HARDY

Hate Love Myself People Public
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.
TOM HARDY

Bone Connection Hollywood Myself
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 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
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 have a very busy head. I have inside voices that I have learned to contain.
TOM HARDY

Head Learning Myself Voice
You don’t step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.
TOM HARDY

Deep Eat Stage 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
Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
TOM HARDY

Character Play Remember Talk Yourself
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.
TOM HARDY

Alcohol Death Love Myself Story Tragedy
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
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
There’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
TOM HARDY

Job Perfection Pride
I love dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
TOM HARDY

Animal Love Myself
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 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
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.
TOM HARDY

Beautiful People Smile White Yourself
Love is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
TOM HARDY

Action Love Moments Yourself
It doesn’t matter who you are. What matters is your plan.
TOM HARDY

Existence Planning Yourself
The only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.
TOM HARDY

Best Myself Wipe Work
I’m from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I’ve been.
TOM HARDY

Family Myself Place Tattoo
Online dating is cool but I think Myspace and Facebook is a little bit off key.
TOM HARDY

Date Myself Social Media
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
The lack of carbohydrates can make you a little crazy.
TOM HARDY

Crazy Yourself

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