A biography for Tom Batemanhasn’t been written yet.
“I can cross the line when I'm making fun of people.”
“I'm not a sit-on-the-beach kind of guy.”
“People are always telling me I look like Federer.”
“There isn't an actor alive who hasn't been turned down, and I promise you I have taken a hell of a lot of rejection. That said, I do count my blessings every day.”
“I think you could very much make a 'Vanity Fair' in 2018, and I think it would probably look like a documentary.”
“I sweat on stage a lot.”
“It always comes down to script and characters.”
“I don't miss working on camera as much as theatre. But I do love film and television because it's so immediate; you walk on to a set and the tables are dusty, and everything's as it should be.”
“I don't do the gym.”
“I remember when I was younger, we used to read the Goosebumps books that were absolutely terrifying.”
“Nothing really teaches you for the film world.”
“There's a funny line between feeling objectified and feeling supported and it's a very odd one.”
“I don't like to feel like I'm being looked at all the time.”
“Obviously I have more in common with Jekyll, but there's something about Hyde.”
“I got in so much trouble when I was doing 'Snatched' in Hawaii.”
“Jekyll is quite me: young man; polite. But being able to play Hyde was quite fun, to create a character that's nothing like me. I quite enjoyed creating a new character like that: he had a different voice; physicality; mannerisms. Everything had to be thought about. It was a real challenge.”
“I went to a masterclass with Jonathan Pryce who said that a successful actor is not a famous actor, it's an actor who acts. And I have been incredibly fortunate to have worked constantly from the moment I left drama school, so I achieved what I set out to do. I am an actor.”
“Me being able to trash hotel rooms on set means I don't do it in real life.”
“I've been brought up to be polite and I'm not very confrontational, but even I have walked away from situations and thought, 'If only I'd said or done that.' Well Mr Hyde says and does that.”
“I've got a brother who works for the Red Cross, another brother is working with the homeless in France, some who work in restaurants or as teachers and dental technicians. My twin brother Merlin is an artist.”