Tom Hiddleston
Tom Hiddleston
Thomas William Hiddleston is an English actor. At the beginning of his career, he appeared in West End theatre productions of Cymbelineand Ivanov. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his role in Cymbeline and was also nominated for the same award for his role as Cassio in Othello...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 February 1981
CityWestminster, England
black-and-white interesting shade
The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.
tennis acting bits
Acting is a bit like tennis in that you can't really do it on your own.
dream unique secular-society
In our increasingly secular society, with so many disparate gods and different faiths, superhero films present a unique canvas upon which our shared hopes, dreams and apocalyptic nightmares can be projected and played out.
pain children space
Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their stories to be told, and that they will be applauded - and it's not about ego, it's about connection: that their pain is everybody else's pain.
enjoy
Do the work, enjoy the work, take it seriously, don't take yourself seriously and keep your head down!
love-is acting circus
The bit I love is I really love acting, really, and the circus of being a celebrity is something I'm sort of not interested in. I find it strange
hero thinking
I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives.
acting roles extending-yourself
With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.
class ugly where-you-come
I’m not a big fan of the class system, to be honest. It feels ugly to me. If you’ve got something to say and the work is good, it doesn’t matter where you come from
acceptance love-is true-love-is
TRUE LOVE IS AN ACCEPTANCE OF SOMEONE ELSE FOR WHO THEY ARE.
mom mother strong-women
I believe in the strength and intelligence and sensitivity of women. My mother, my sisters [they] are strong. My mum is a strong woman and I love her for it.
people discipline choices
I suppose my understanding of villains is that they're just people who are infected by all of the darker instincts - that they haven't got the discipline to make the right choices.
loneliness thinking bitterness
I think cruelty is just loneliness disguised as bitterness.
hero mind looks
If you look at all of the villains in the course of human history, they've all believed, delusionally, in the virtue of their actions - every villain is a hero in his own mind.