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" The ocean, to me, is one of the most terrifying things on the planet. "
Tom Holland
Most
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Planet
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" It's important not to make Spider-Man masculine because he's a kid. As soon as you make him masculine, it's harder to relate to him if you are younger and are in high school. I definitely was not masculine in high school. "
Tom Holland
You
School
Kid
" My goal was to try and kind of be our generation's Marty McFly. That was what my all-time goal was. "
Tom Holland
Our
Generation
Goal
" I go to The Brit School, which is where Adele, Amy Winehouse, and Jessie J went. "
Tom Holland
Where
Which
Go
" I went to an ordinary primary school, and then I started performing in a show called 'Billy Elliot' on the West End, and that was sort of my drama school. "
Tom Holland
West
School
Started
" I started dancing because of Janet Jackson. "
Tom Holland
Dancing
Started
Because
" Peter Parker's storyline hits every key point of growing up. "
Tom Holland
Growing Up
Growing
Key
" 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. "
Tom Holland
Audience
Loved
People
" When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so method I'd sell my house and live on the street to play a tramp. "
Tom Holland
Acting
Me
Play
" 'Fan' is an understatement. I had the Spider-Man costume, I had bed sheets, toys, you name it. 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. "
Tom Holland
Best
Growing Up
Friend
" 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. "
Tom Holland
Actor
Process
Love
" I think 'Spider-Man 2' is one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. "
Tom Holland
Superhero
Movies
Made
" There is so much to sailing a ship. There's about a thousand different lines on a brig ship, and knowing what each one of those does, it takes a long time, and that's why you have these cabin boys that start on the ship, and they learn throughout the years, and that's why it takes so long to captain one. "
Tom Holland
Ship
Long
Start
" 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. "
Tom Holland
School
Time
Student
" I haven't seen 'The Empire Strikes Back' - I'm not gonna lie. "
Tom Holland
Empire
Gonna
Lie
" Fame is a beast that you can't control or be prepared for. "
Tom Holland
Beast
Be Prepared
Fame
" There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it. "
Tom Holland
Doing
Enough
Me
" 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. "
Tom Holland
Bad
Want
Never
" I personally think if something's not a challenge, there's no point doing it, because you're not gonna learn much. "
Tom Holland
Challenge
Doing
Think
" That's what I love about working for Marvel is how welcoming and kind everyone is. "
Tom Holland
Everyone
Working
Kind
" 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.' "
Tom Holland
Thought
Baby
Song
" I am playing a superhero for kids, and I don't want them to think I'm some dirty fool. "
Tom Holland
Want
Think
Superhero
" Dublin is one of my favourite cities. It's an absolutely amazing place. "
Tom Holland
Absolutely
Favourite
Place
" 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
Me
Experience
" I get recognized more for my 'Lip Sync Battle' than I do for being Spider-Man. "
Tom Holland
Spider-Man
Recognized
More
" I don't like spiders at all, but I love heights. "
Tom Holland
I Love
Love
Spiders
" For some reason, I skipped the original 'Star Wars.' I don't know why, and I'm very embarrassed. "
Tom Holland
Original
Know
Star
" 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. "
Tom Holland
Keep
Win
Myself
" I really am having the time of my life. But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as an actor in a way that Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Meryl Streep do. "
Tom Holland
My Life
Time
Way
" 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. "
Tom Holland
Kind
Think
Spider
" 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. "
Tom Holland
Easy
Trouble
School