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" I often find that superheroes are the bachelors or the billionaires - and everyone loves them. Peter Parker is basically the complete opposite. I just think that's what a lot of kids feel like as they're growing up. "

Tom Holland

Growing

Think

Growing Up

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" I think, for me, I've realized the responsibility of being a role model for young kids everywhere. "

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Role Model

" It's very easy to relate to a kid who is having trouble in high school... less so to relate to a billionaire whose Lamborghini broke down. "

" The Internet has perceived me as this fantastic dancer. I can still do a couple pirouettes, but I am by no means a proper dancer. "

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Internet

I Am

" My mom thought I could dance because I used to dance to this Janet Jackson song she'd play when I was a baby. Then she would take me to a Saturday dance school. I used to go every week and got spotted by a scout, who suggested I audition for the role of Billy in 'Billy Elliot the Musical.' "

" I loved doing ballet. I trained for two years. "

" When Ron Howard rings you up and says, 'I'd like you to do my film,' you do it. "

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You

" I come from very creative parents. "

" I met two of my movie heroes. I met Tom Hanks, and I met Steven Spielberg. Oh and Quentin Tarantino. "

" I was an ordinary student at school and, at the same time, an actor. But I was not the popular kid, which helped me to play Peter Parker better. "

" Marvel actually sent me to a school in the Bronx where I had a fake name, and I put on an accent, and I went for, like, three days. I basically had to go to this science school and blend in with all the kids, and some of the teachers didn't even know. "

" There are so many things we have not seen in 'Spider-Man' yet... I want to use bad guys never seen in movies. The first films were so traditional and so scrupulously followed the character's classic plot... So there's a lot of stuff left in stock. 'The Clone Saga,' for example. "

" I was in my bed scrolling through Instagram. It had been about a month since my audition. And Marvel just posted a photo saying go to our website and find out who the next Spider-Man is. I went on the Marvel website on my computer, and there it was: The new Spider-Man is Tom Holland. I went ballistic - like, absolutely nuts. "

" One of the reasons why Spider-Man is my favorite superhero is because we both undergo big changes in our lives. "

" When I was in 'Billy,' I always knew that I wanted to do something in performing. I always knew that I wanted to have a future in the performing arts. I had no idea that it was going to be acting in movies. "

" I am playing a superhero for kids, and I don't want them to think I'm some dirty fool. "

" I think directing is something I would really enjoy. "

" The 20-year goal is to be a film director. The 15-year goal is to win an Oscar. The five-year goal is to just keep enjoying myself. "

" It was amazing for me to play a character opposite Benedict Cumberbatch - he's someone who I've looked up to for years - and the idea that I would work with him and then become friends with him was an amazing experience. "

Tom Holland

Work

Experience

" I was truly obsessed with Obi-Wan Kenobi. "

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Obsessed

Truly

" I'm not a very good swimmer, and every time I'm in the water, I'm constantly reminded of that because I feel like I'm going to drown! "

Tom Holland

Feel

Time

" Fame is a beast that you can't control or be prepared for. "

" I'm literally tone-deaf with singing. It's unreal. "

" I was joking with my agent that I'm going to get typecast for a water-disaster actor. "

" 'Civil War' was such a whirlwind, and I didn't really know what was going on. I was thrown into the deep end. "

" I've got a huge family back in Ireland, and I've made loads of movies in Ireland. "