259 Quotes by Tom Hiddleston

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.

Acting is a bit like tennis in that you can’t really do it on your own.

I’ve done my share of period stuff. I’m not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British TV is Jane Austen adaptations and bridges and bonnets and boats and horses.

Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don’t know about categorizing them in terms of class; I’m a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder.

With any role, you’re extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.

I’m an actor, and part of my joy and my curiosity about the job that I do, is that actors have the privilege of exploring human nature in different ways.

Don’t be afraid of your passion. Like, just give it free rein. And be honest, and work hard. And it’ll all turn out just fine.

Don’t be afraid of wearing your heart on your sleeve. For myself, for a long time – maybe I felt inauthentic or something. I felt like my voice wasn’t worth hearing. I think everyone’s voice is worth hearing. So if you’ve got something to say... say it from the rooftops! That’s what I would say.

Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming. And don’t be afraid of wearing your heart on your sleeve – in declaring the films that you love, the films that you want to make, the life that you’ve had, and the lives you can help reflect in cinema. For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn’t worth hearing, and I think everyone’s voice is worth hearing. So if you’ve got something to say, say it from the rooftops.