Tom Sturridge

It's not often talked about what a wonderful feeling it is to see someone that you care about love and be loved.

— Tom Sturridge

My career may look bizarre to some, but I have very strong reasons for doing every single job I've done.

— Tom Sturridge

Even the way Mamet describes silences within his plays is different. There are pauses; there are pauses within parentheses; there are pauses…

— Tom Sturridge

Scary things are good, aren't they?

— Tom Sturridge

I shouldn't be right for every role, because I'm not.

— Tom Sturridge

Some people are defined by what they do.

— Tom Sturridge

As a Shakespeare character, if you can persuade someone in a sentence or a speech, you've got it right.

— Tom Sturridge

In England, theater auditions are gentler experiences. You sit down with the director and talk about the play.

— Tom Sturridge

There are few things that are more revealing about someone than the way that they talk about a piece of literature or…

— Tom Sturridge

I don't think I could do a superhero movie. I'm just not really that type of guy.

— Tom Sturridge

I felt that my decisions, whether good or bad, would always be supported by my parents, because I was loved and respected.

— Tom Sturridge

There I am, watching Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of my favourite actors in the world, walk into the room dressed up as…

— Tom Sturridge

To be an English person in my 20s, doing a Broadway show - it's one of the mountains I wanted to climb.

— Tom Sturridge

You know that scene at the beginning (of 'Pirate Radio') where I take The Count a cup of tea in the studio,…

— Tom Sturridge

The phrase 'dream career' sounds pretty stupid.

— Tom Sturridge

So many things I thought I was doing have fallen apart. Until I've finished filming, I don't believe I have the job.

— Tom Sturridge

Basically, I was a very serious film fan. I watched a lot of cinema and contemporary and European film.

— Tom Sturridge

I always think that period between the ages of 18 and 24 is such a bizarre stage, and the two people at…

— Tom Sturridge

I'm drawn to people rather than mediums - directors, writers, actors.

— Tom Sturridge

It's always dangerous to prescribe an idea on other people. I think people's interactions with art are their own, and will be…

— Tom Sturridge

'1984' is terrifyingly relevant. It generates a political conversation, but it's an exciting piece of theatre. Every day, there are things to…

— Tom Sturridge

I don't have a set way of preparing for something. You just have to take it seriously.

— Tom Sturridge

I wasn't a child actor. It was just three weeks of my life when I was eight.

— Tom Sturridge

If I'd been a parent to myself, I would have been scared because I was only ever interested in my own thoughts.

— Tom Sturridge

That sounds stupid, but in most films that take six months, you're actually spending four weeks to do a fight scene.

— Tom Sturridge