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 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 HARDYOnline dating is cool but I think Myspace and Facebook is a little bit off key.
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 from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I’ve been.
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 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 HARDYThere’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
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.
TOM HARDYI have a very busy head. I have inside voices that I have learned to contain.
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 HARDYLove is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
TOM HARDYWhatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
TOM HARDYYou don’t step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.
TOM HARDYI love dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
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.
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