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The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#any #basically #because #characters #gods

You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted people to kneel before them because they don't love themselves enough. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#before #enough #fascists #greatest #history

Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's lovely to be known for such diametrically opposite roles. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#diametrically #get #know #known #lovely

Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#each #fallibility #frailty #humanity #instinctively

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#controversial #individual #leader #means #never

But what if the monsters come?" "Fancy." Kit looked away from the drama to stare at her sister, surprised. "We are the monsters. ↗

— Dia Reeves

#murder #sisters #drama

I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations of his spirit, really. He was someone who was born with an expectation that he would one day be a king, born with an entitlement. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#born #built #character #day #did

I'd love to see T'he Avengers' with Robert Downey, Jr. playing Loki and Clark Gregg playing 'Thor' and I play Captain America. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#avengers #captain #captain america #clark #i

In 'Thor,' that was my own hair. I grew it out. But I have naturally curly, blonde hair, so I'll never look like that. By the time I got to 'The Avengers,' I had come off two other films, which required me to have it very short. So I dyed it again and it was long enough to use a part of my hairline. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#avengers #blonde #blonde hair #by the time #come

It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is different and the chemistry between actors is different. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#between #chemistry #different #different people #every