Tom’s future plans
I find these bits from the interview in Shortlist very interesting. He’s got such a healthy approach to his occupation and to fame. I’ll be sad if he really does ‘disappear’ for a while, but it’s definitely a choice to respect. It’s something we all would need, from time to time.
About privacy and fame:
“There’s a definite detachment between a public persona and a person,” he explains. “It would be insane, for me anyway, to open myself up entirely to the world. There are two things in my world that are important to me — my family and my work — and I will protect both of them fiercely to the death. So when things about me come out, then you can have it, it’s cool, because it will never touch what’s inside here [taps his chest]. Whatever I tell you, it doesn’t matter — it’s yours and it’s to be shared. But then I also have to be very careful not to give away what is most important to me — my privacy.”
About his acting career:
“It’s almost the beginning and the end of a phase for me,” he says. “It’s the beginning of working in America, and we’ve managed to put together a range of projects, but I think over a period of time I’ll slowly pull out. Otherwise you’re exposed to the market.
“Once I’ve completely finished on a couple of films, such as The Dark Knight Rises and Mad Max, you’ll probably see me fade away. I might f*ck off completely. It’s like laying a field down with crops — you need to leave the field, man, sometimes, so you can grow sh*t again. I’ll f*ck off if I have to. Sometimes you need to know when to leave the casino.”
(Source: shortlist.com)
