Tom Hardy Quotes

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

It's funny to be playing a mom. I mean, I'm not a mom in real life. I don't even have a dog.

I really love playing a character that's a little younger than me, to be honest. Because even if it's just three years, I can bring perspective into it.

To this day, that's what I love the most: finding and playing characters who are out of my experience.

That is the fun of being an actor. You play all different kinds of people.

It's really fun to put yourself into a character - into shoes you wouldn't normally be in.

If I wasn't an actor, I never would have known who Debbie Gallagher was. I never would know how her feelings are or how her emotions are, or her family.

It's fun to play a character that you can identify with.

It's nice to play someone who functions in a very different way than I do.

It's interesting to be playing a father who's on the other side because that's not my world and not where I came from.

Even if there was an opportunity to school yourself in different characters - characters that have distinct personalities which may be totally different from yours, you have got to completely divorce your own personality to be able to go over to the other personality.

Playing interesting characters makes me feel alive.

I just try to put myself in the minds of all the characters.

We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us.

As Laurel Van Ness it's so much fun, and with that comes a creative outlet. You can be who you wanna be and be that particular character. I'm so thankful that Impact allows me to do that.

I only like playing people who are completely different from me. I try to mould myself into that character.

There are aspects of writing that require you to image yourself in various roles and guises, to stand in the shoes of others, to 'act' on an inner stage.

With any character, you have to put part of yourself into it because we are the soul that brings that character to life.

I think it's always difficult no matter how similar your characters are to yourself to get into that mindset, because however much they are similar to you, they're not you.

The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool.

The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads.