Tom Hardy, 40, revealed he's "had enough of acting" and hinted at retirement. Photo / Getty Images
Tom Hardy has said he's "had enough of acting" as he hints at retirement.
The actor who stars on the appears in the September issues of both the UK and US editions of Esquire, giving two different interviews, said he would much rather go and find a "f***ing beach and get on with his life," since turning 40, according to the Daily Mail.
He said: "You've summited Everest. It's a miracle that you've made it anywhere near the f***ing mountain, let alone climbed it.
"Do you want to go all the way back and do it again? Or do you want to get off the mountain and go f***ing find a beach? What is it that draws you to the craft?
"At this age, I don't know anymore. I've kind of had enough. If I'm brutally honest, I want to go on with my life."
The film star also said there's no profession tougher in the world then that of raising children and laments hitting "middle age" in a new interview.
The BAFTA award winner said: "There is no harder job on the planet, and more important, than parenting.
"You've got the military, police, doctors, service personnel – massive respect, huge consequences – but parenting? It's beyond a job, isn't it."
Tom and Peaky Blinders actress Charlotte Riley welcomed their first son together in October 2015 and Tom's second child.
He is also dad to seven-year-old son Louis with ex-girlfriend Rachel Speed.
He also spoke about getting older, and says his body is feeling the strain.
He said: "My knee's gone, the nerves are shot, I'm getting white hair...
"I've got battle scars from rubbing my nose in the wrong places, banging heads with the wrong people, being difficult or whatever it is, [but I've got] to the point where I'm responsible as well.
"If you come to me I can find, delegate, help, create a solution. I'm not a tearaway any more."
On why he was invited to the Royal Wedding, he said: "It's deeply private. Harry is a f***ing legend."
Tom also touched on his school career during the chat, and says he "made a living out of being away with the fairies".
He said: "If you took me as my academic self, I was an epic f***ing failure.
"I probably wasn't focused on the person asking me the question, and in that moment they were like, 'Well, we can't talk to this kid, he's away with the fairies.'
"And I've made a living out of being away with the fairies, but at 11 how can you feel sure what the future holds?"
He continued: "Nine times out of ten, when somebody says, 'Don't do that,' my instinct is to say, 'That has to be done.'
"I grew up in the neighbourhood being a d**k. I've learned and will continue to learn from being a d**k.
"To try and somehow chisel myself into being a human being so I can respect myself when I look in the mirror. And that's a procedure that will go on until I die."
On Sony's nearly US$1 billion writedown last year, he speaks about himself in the third person, saying: "If the odds are stacked against Sony, that's not my f***ing business. Tom is very mercenary when it comes to work. I cannot give a f*** what the writer, or the director, or Larry in Baltimore thinks about my choices.
"'Sometimes I talk in the third person because it's a lot easier to see myself at work as a piece of meat. So when Tommy says he doesn't give a f*** what you think, it's only because I give too much of a f***, and it gets to a point where it stifles me."