Actor Tom Hardy, best known for his performances in 'Inception' and 'The Dark Knight Rises', does not feel very manly.
The actor, in an interview to Esquire magazine where he has gone shirtless, also feels that his definition of a man is different from the popular perception.
"I don't feel very manly. I have always been frightened with men. To the point where I couldn't go into a gym because of the testosterone and I felt weak. I don't feel rugged and strong and capable in real life, not how I imagine a man ought to be. So I seek it, to mimic it and maybe understand it, or maybe to draw it into my own reality," the actor said.
The 36-year-old actor overcame drug addiction to find stardom and says a life-threatening incident taught him the value of life.
"I was a shameful suburban statistic. I was told very clearly, 'You go down that road, Tom, you won't come back. That's it. All you need to know.' And that message stayed with me very clearly for the rest of my days. The beginning, really, of a new life. I couldn't value life until I risk losing something worth more to me than my behavior," he said.
