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> [When we get christened or married or die, we drift naturally in the direction of the church. And in moments of crisis, when our spiritual Tom-Tom is no longer telling us what to do, we find ourselves scrabbling at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/when-we-get-christened-or-married-or-die-we-drift-naturally-in-the/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

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## Other authors on Drift

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lil-wyte-60299.jpg) Becca Spradlin, Lead On Mission 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drift/becca-spradlin-lead-on-mission/)

## More by Tom Hollander

> [I'm no Kenneth Branagh or Ben Stiller. I'm not that single-minded, 'I'm producing it, directing it, and starring in it' kind of person; that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/i-m-no-kenneth-branagh-or-ben-stiller-i-m-not-that-single-minded-i-m/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [Every now and then, I feel terribly uncomfortable with what I'm working on, and then I think maybe I am an artist. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/every-now-and-then-i-feel-terribly-uncomfortable-with-what-i-m/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [Stories about vicars are always being told because they're at the heart of our society. Vicars touch all parts of the community and see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/stories-about-vicars-are-always-being-told-because-they-re-at-the/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [If you're actually being paid to be miserable, and to be as miserable as you can be, that's a very fortunate thing, if you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/if-you-re-actually-being-paid-to-be-miserable-and-to-be-as-miserable/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [The improv technique does one of two things. It either makes you raise your game, or retreat into a corner and decide to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/the-improv-technique-does-one-of-two-things-it-either-makes-you-raise/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [I actually don't subscribe to the notion that comedy is easier than drama. When you're trying to be funny and you're not funny, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/i-actually-don-t-subscribe-to-the-notion-that-comedy-is-easier-than/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [My father was ethnically Jewish, but his family converted to Catholicism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/my-father-was-ethnically-jewish-but-his-family-converted-to/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [For me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/for-me-faith-is-more-about-aspiration-than-complacency-the-smug/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [You're always supposed to have sympathy for the person you're playing. You should be the one person who does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/you-re-always-supposed-to-have-sympathy-for-the-person-you-re-playing/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [Anybody who was a politician at one stage - when they were at the "I'd like to be a train driver" stage of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/anybody-who-was-a-politician-at-one-stage-when-they-were-at-the-i-d/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [Obviously I'd love to have kids and all that. Luckily, as a man, there's not such an egg timer on it, but I'd like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/obviously-i-d-love-to-have-kids-and-all-that-luckily-as-a-man-there-s/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [You're always a bit blind. If you look at stuff a few years later, you get a more objective look at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/you-re-always-a-bit-blind-if-you-look-at-stuff-a-few-years-later-you/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/i-meet-people-who-are-famous-and-it-s-made-me-realise-that-fame-has/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [My parents are very lovely people - the sort of people that one should aspire to be like, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/my-parents-are-very-lovely-people-the-sort-of-people-that-one-should/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

> [If you have a great part, you have the opportunity to give a good performance. The greatest actors get the best parts, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hollander/if-you-have-a-great-part-you-have-the-opportunity-to-give-a-good/)

[Tom Hollander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hollander/)

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