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 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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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Love is doing something you don’t want to do for someone you don’t particularly like at that moment.
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There’s always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.
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I hate publicists and publicity. But I love the people.
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Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
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It doesn’t matter who you are. What matters is your plan.
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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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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.
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I liked you better when you were drunk .
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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.
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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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