I don't want to be quoted as 'Tom Hiddleston, psychologist says...' But there is a psychological aspect to being an actor. We… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Truth in drama is elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I truly think any preparation you do only helps and adds dimension and complexity to the work [as an actor]. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
It is so rare as an actor to be allowed the chance to revisit a role and to go back to a… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I always wanted to see what America was like. I had that curiosity in my 20s when I was working in the… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I love playing all kinds of roles. I hope it doesn’t sound too pretentious, but I always feel human nature is like… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
My instinct is to keep people guessing. I think as an actor your greatest strength is your versatility, I suppose. The blanker… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I thought theater people wouldn't see me if I hadn't trained. I didn't want to just be the Brideshead guy, to spend… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“I love it when you go to see something, and you enter as an individual, and you leave as a group. Because… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and part of my joy and my curiosity about the job that I do, is that actors have the… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
When you're starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's much, much easier to be really nasty to someone that you really like. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“When I’m given a role, the first thing I do is read the play over and over again. I scour the script… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is different and the chemistry between actors is… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“To have compassion for a character is no different from having compassion for another human being.” — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I think a healthy connection with the natural world actually makes us more human. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
