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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

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 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 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
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 dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
TOM HARDY

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

Character Father Imagination 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
And 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 HARDY

Body Curiosity Myself People Preparation
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 had no immediate knowledge of the world of Batman at all. I’m quite incubated. I just keep myself to myself and my dog.
TOM HARDY

Dog Knowledge Myself Quite World

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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