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 HARDYI’m from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I’ve been.
More Tom Hardy Quotes
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I guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.
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There’s an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.
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You don’t step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.
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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.
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The only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.
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I love people. People are lovely creatures. I’m one myself, so I love to see people happy.
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I love dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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