It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I'd love to see T'he Avengers' with Robert Downey, Jr. playing Loki and Clark Gregg playing 'Thor' and I play Captain America. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Well, I don't know. When I signed my contract, I signed to play Loki in five more Marvel movies, but they were… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a deck of Marvel top trumps. You can get top trumps with racing cars, or fighter planes,… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Loki in 'Thor' is the most incredible springboard into a sort of excavation of the darker aspects of human nature. So that… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I couldn't possibly tell you. But I would say be very careful with your suppositions. People are so quick to jump. That's… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman'; Ian McKellen and… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
For the first 10 minutes after you meet them, they have the wattage and charisma of movie stars. Then you have a… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I had huge fun with Chris Evans, as Captain America, because super-soldier though he may be, he's still a man, up against… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
In our increasingly secular society, with so many disparate gods and different faiths, superhero films present a unique canvas upon which our… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“My mum always taught me the value of knowing, recognizing and acknowledging when you had a good day. There are so many bad days… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
I definitely go through periods where I'm in a particular mood, or there's a consistent imaginative context that I feel I'm in, and I'm… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
We're all intrigued, in our civilized world that we live in, and curious about how we would get on, on an undiscovered island that… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
“To have compassion for a character is no different from having compassion for another human being.” — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
I think a healthy connection with the natural world actually makes us more human. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
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… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
I don't want to be quoted as 'Tom Hiddleston, psychologist says...' But there is a psychological aspect to being an actor. We are particular… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
I gave myself permission to care, because there are a lot of people in this world who are afraid of caring, who are afraid… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
“Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shakespeare, I love it [laughs]… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
Everybody is great and the chemistry is different with everyone. That is the joy of acting - you really don't know how it is… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
Truth in drama is elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share
