Tom Sturridge Quotes & Sayings

I don't talk about my friends behind their back. — Tom Sturridge

There's this weird thing about acting where you have to wait for somebody to ask you to do it; like you have to wait for a director to say it's okay. — 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 far more interesting and sophisticated than anything that I could come up with. — Tom Sturridge

Mental health is such a complex thing and so difficult to diagnose. What is a mental problem? Who does have mental problems? What's the difference between mental problems and depression and sadness? — 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

I write constantly about everything. — Tom Sturridge

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

You know that scene at the beginning (of 'Pirate Radio') where I take The Count a cup of tea in the studio, and he shakes my hand, gives me a hug, and slaps me on the arse? That's genuinely the first time Tom Sturridge met Philip Seymour Hoffman. Literally, I'd hadn't seen him or exchanged words with him before. Richard just called me on set and said, 'Take him a cup of tea.' So that's what I did. And the smile of delight as he slaps me on the arse is purely mine. — Tom Sturridge

As children, my siblings and I were actively discouraged from acting. I have no memories of going on set with my parents - aside from 'Gulliver's Travels.' — Tom Sturridge