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 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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Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
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I guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home.
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You don’t step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.
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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.
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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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I’m from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I’ve been.
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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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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.
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My job is to show and tell. If I get better at showing and telling then presumably I get hired more.
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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 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 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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I love dogs. Like, A LOT. They’re my favorite animal. Ever.
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Love is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
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