Tom Hardy Quotes

My dad doesn't give me any advice about how to handle publicity.

With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.

I've never played the PR game.

People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.

Press conferences are good. I have my own philosophy about press conferences. I usually think that when they don't like the movie, they ask about other things.

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

I don't stage my own publicity.

It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.

I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always comes back to the same issues. And it's getting kind of old.

I've had high-powered publicists in my career, and I've had publicists when they've had no power. I've run the gamut.

I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.

In all my life I have treated the press with marked contempt and had remarkable success.

If you open yourself up to a wade variety of press questions, the press sets the agenda, not you.

Talking to the press is not always good.

The people who are afraid of talking to press are people who have something to hide.

I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.

As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.

The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows.