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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.

Tom Hardy

The lack of carbohydrates can make you a little crazy.
TOM HARDY

Crazy Yourself
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
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 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’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
I have a very busy head. I have inside voices that I have learned to contain.
TOM HARDY

Head Learning Myself Voice
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
Vanity 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 HARDY

People Performance Time Yourself
I love people. People are lovely creatures. I’m one myself, so I love to see people happy.
TOM HARDY

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

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

Date Myself Social Media
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 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 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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