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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

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

Head Learning Myself Voice
There’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
TOM HARDY

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

Crazy Yourself
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
You don’t step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.
TOM HARDY

Deep Eat Stage Yourself
I guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home.
TOM HARDY

Dreams Home Money Myself Time
It doesn’t matter who you are. What matters is your plan.
TOM HARDY

Existence Planning 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.
TOM HARDY

Imitation Myself People Play Yourself
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
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 had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.
TOM HARDY

Character Father Imagination Myself
Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
TOM HARDY

Character Play Remember Talk 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
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 HARDY

Children Family Father Mother Myself Quite
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 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 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 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
A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don’t feel it. I feel intrinsically feminine. I’d love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I’m not one of the boys.
TOM HARDY

Compensation Feminine Oneself People Quality
I set myself that decision, otherwise I’m driving an opinion at you, and I think that would be treating you like you’re an idiot. I don’t want to force-feed you my opinion.
TOM HARDY

Decision Drive Force Myself Opinion Treat
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 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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