--- title: "16 Want Quotes By Tom Hiddleston" description: "16 Want quotes by Tom Hiddleston. Plus more from Tom Hiddleston and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/tom-hiddleston-1633_cases_make-love-not-war-unless-you-re-loki-in_202109.png" --- > [Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/make-love-not-war-unless-you-re-loki-in-which-case-do-what-you-want/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/tom-hiddleston-1633_cases_make-love-not-war-unless-you-re-loki-in_202109.png) > [Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/artists-instinctively-want-to-reflect-humanity-their-own-and-each/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/tom-hiddleston-1633_art_artists-instinctively-want-to-reflect-hu_2893493.png) > [I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-think-everyone-should-pursue-their-dreams-whether-you-want-to-play/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/tom-hiddleston-1633_burning_i-think-everyone-should-pursue-their-dre_2143946.png) > [When a new project comes along, I want to know that the experience is going to be challenging and exciting. Part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/when-a-new-project-comes-along-i-want-to-know-that-the-experience-is/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/tom-hiddleston-1633_challenges_when-a-new-project-comes-along-i-want-to_1204949.jpg) > [I don't want to be quoted as 'Tom Hiddleston, psychologist says...' But there is a psychological aspect to being an actor. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-don-t-want-to-be-quoted-as-tom-hiddleston-psychologist-says-but/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/tom-hiddleston-1633_actor_i-don-t-want-to-be-quoted-as-tom-hiddles_137294.png) > [Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/actors-do-tend-to-get-pigeonholed-people-want-to-know-who-you-are-so/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/tom-hiddleston-1633_actor_actors-do-tend-to-get-pigeonholed-people_1956797.png) > [I don't want to name names because I don't want to draw too many direct comparisons but the history of Fascism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-don-t-want-to-name-names-because-i-don-t-want-to-draw-too-many/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/tom-hiddleston-1633_children_i-don-t-want-to-name-names-because-i-don_1514948.jpg) > [My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/my-father-and-i-used-to-tussle-about-me-becoming-an-actor-he-s-from/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/tom-hiddleston-1633_actor_my-father-and-i-used-to-tussle-about-me_1816483.png) > [I’d like to fight everybody who wants to make war on people. I’d like to fight bullies, actually. I’d like to stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-d-like-to-fight-everybody-who-wants-to-make-war-on-people-i-d-like/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/tom-hiddleston-1633_angry_i-d-like-to-fight-everybody-who-wants-to_2675337.jpg) > [When you're starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/when-you-re-starting-out-as-an-actor-people-are-very-interested-in/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/tom-hiddleston-1633_actor_when-you-re-starting-out-as-an-actor-peo_2187356.jpg) > [Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/actors-in-any-capacity-artists-of-any-stripe-are-inspired-by-their/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/tom-hiddleston-1633_acting_actors-in-any-capacity-artists-of-any-st_2352421.png) > [I think that is so interesting. It is le Carré. There must be so much of him when he was younger. He's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-think-that-is-so-interesting-it-is-le-carr-there-must-be-so-much-of/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/tom-hiddleston-1633_active_i-think-that-is-so-interesting-it-is-le_2711209.png) > [Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming. And don’t be afraid of wearing your heart on your sleeve - in declaring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/never-stop-never-stop-fighting-never-stop-dreaming-and-don-t-be/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/tom-hiddleston-1633_cinema_never-stop-never-stop-fighting-never-sto_2519907.png) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-definitely-go-through-periods-where-i-m-in-a-particular-mood-or/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/tom-hiddleston-1633_certain_i-definitely-go-through-periods-where-i_16921.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-thought-theater-people-wouldn-t-see-me-if-i-hadn-t-trained-i-didn-t/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/tom-hiddleston-1633_chance_i-thought-theater-people-wouldn-t-see-me_1337296.png) > [The weird thing about serious acting is I've always done impressions of people, all my life, and I did the thing called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/the-weird-thing-about-serious-acting-is-i-ve-always-done-impressions/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/tom-hiddleston-1633_acting_the-weird-thing-about-serious-acting-is_2978720.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Tom Hiddleston > [“My mum always taught me the value of knowing, recognizing and acknowledging when you had a good day. There are so many bad days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/my-mum-always-taught-me-the-value-of-knowing-recognizing-and/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-definitely-go-through-periods-where-i-m-in-a-particular-mood-or/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/we-re-all-intrigued-in-our-civilized-world-that-we-live-in-and/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/ancient-societies-had-anthropomorphic-gods-a-huge-pantheon-expanding/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [“To have compassion for a character is no different from having compassion for another human being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/to-have-compassion-for-a-character-is-no-different-from-having/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [I think a healthy connection with the natural world actually makes us more human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-think-a-healthy-connection-with-the-natural-world-actually-makes-us/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/if-you-look-at-all-of-the-villains-in-the-course-of-human-history/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-don-t-want-to-be-quoted-as-tom-hiddleston-psychologist-says-but/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [I gave myself permission to care, because there are a lot of people in this world who are afraid of caring, who are afraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-gave-myself-permission-to-care-because-there-are-a-lot-of-people-in/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/the-most-interesting-thing-about-being-alive-is-that-there-is-no/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [ “Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shakespeare, I love it \[laughs\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/well-the-thing-that-i-suppose-is-closest-to-my-heart-is-shakespeare-i/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [I would always play the baddie, incidentally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/i-would-always-play-the-baddie-incidentally/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/make-love-not-war-unless-you-re-loki-in-which-case-do-what-you-want/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [Everybody is great and the chemistry is different with everyone. That is the joy of acting - you really don't know how it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/everybody-is-great-and-the-chemistry-is-different-with-everyone-that/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) > [Truth in drama is elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/truth-in-drama-is-elusive-you-never-quite-find-it-but-the-search-for/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/tom-hiddleston/#itemlist", "name": "16 Want Quotes By Tom Hiddleston", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Make love, not war. 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