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" It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie seriously because everything is heightened. A kid being bitten by a radioactive spider and getting superpowers is kind of ridiculous. "
Tom Holland
Spider
Seriously
Superhero
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" It's so fantastic for young kids to see a superhero going through the things they go through. "
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Young
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" I'm studying theater and media. I don't really know why I took media, because I'm so useless with technology, though it's fun. But, I do love theater and am having a great time learning about all the practitioners and getting to perform with my friends. "
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" I personally think if something's not a challenge, there's no point doing it, because you're not gonna learn much. "
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" 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. "
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Fake
Science
" I don't read that many books - I tend to read scripts for projects. "
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Read
Projects
Many
" 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. "
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Growing
Think
Growing Up
" 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. "
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Work
Me
Experience
" I have been given such a wonderful opportunity, and I want to share that with people. If I can share that with kids in hospital, then that seems like the right thing to do. "
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Opportunity
Hospital
People
" I remember actually going to see the first 'Avengers' with one of my best mates from home. I'd never have dreamed that I'd be in one of these movies, let alone playing Spider-Man. "
Tom Holland
See
Best
Remember
" I think these movies are definitely comedies. It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie seriously because everything is heightened. A kid being bitten by a radioactive spider and getting superpowers is kind of ridiculous. "
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Kind
Think
Spider
" I met two of my movie heroes. I met Tom Hanks, and I met Steven Spielberg. Oh and Quentin Tarantino. "
Tom Holland
Met
Two
Tom Hanks
" 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! "
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Like
Feel
Time
" Spider-Man is loved by a huge range of people. I think the real target audience is people younger than 16. It's because he's going through what they're going through. "
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Audience
Loved
People
" On stage you need to emphasize every emotion. But on screen you need to tone everything down and make it believable. "
Tom Holland
You
Emotion
Down
" I love the process of making a movie so much as an actor that I can only imagine I would love the process of being the director. "
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Actor
Process
Love
" I loved doing ballet. I trained for two years. "
Tom Holland
Years
Doing
Loved
" 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. "
Tom Holland
Internet
Am
I Am
" I always wanted to be a stuntman. If acting went well and I was able to take a year out, I might train and get on the stunt register, which gives you qualifications so you can do more of your own stunts. "
Tom Holland
Year
Acting
You
" I don't like spiders, man, just because they are sneaky - they just really scare me. They are hairy - ugh. "
Tom Holland
Like
Man
Me
" Every kid goes through puberty, wondering what to do about girls and struggling with homework, and every adult has been through that. "
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Puberty
Adult
Homework
" Adrenaline has always been my thing. "
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Always
Been
Adrenaline
" When Ron Howard rings you up and says, 'I'd like you to do my film,' you do it. "
Tom Holland
Like
Says
You
" I've always had an argument with my best friend that Spider-Man was way better than Batman. I was a massive fan growing up. "
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Friend
Best Friend
Best
" I am definitely the same person I was when I finished 'The Impossible.' That's one of the things I really strive to keep. "
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Same
Strive
I Am
" I actually have videos on my phone of me interviewing people and asking them what they thought of the new Spider-Man in 'Civil War.' They were like, 'Oh he's great. I love him,' and then some people were like, 'Nah, I don't love him. he's not great' - and I was standing right in front of them! "
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War
Thought
People
" For some reason, I skipped the original 'Star Wars.' I don't know why, and I'm very embarrassed. "
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Original
Know
Star
" I'm a London boy, born and bred, and I'll be there for as long as I can. "
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London
Long
Boy
" I never thought I would be Spider-Man in an 'Avengers' movie, but it's such a surreal experience, dude. It's so crazy. "
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Thought
Crazy
Dude
" I've got a huge family back in Ireland, and I've made loads of movies in Ireland. "
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Back
Ireland
Got
" 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. "
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Keep
Win
Myself