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Throwback Tom Tweets: After finishing filming Kong: Skull Island and then promoting The Night Manager, I Saw The Light and High-Rise concurrently, Tom finally gets to come home.

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‘It made me feel initially powerless, but also made me feel very humble, because UNICEF are actually doing something... Where there is a need, they supply. I sat down on the bed next to Alima and her child. They were very quiet and quite watchful. But he was looking at me with such intelligence and such clarity, in spite of his illness. And I felt connected to him. But I remember thinking: I wonder how long you’ve got. The image of him lying there will be imprinted on my brain, for as long as I live.

I feel very strongly that we are all responsible for the state of our world. Every child deserves a fair start in life, and, some people in the West get that for free. UNICEF are brave enough, and bold enough to demand that EVERY child has that opportunity.’ ~ Tom Hiddleston | Unicef UK Ambassador, 2016

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Hiddles Birthday Week 2019: Day Six

Favourite Quote:  ‘My mother always used to tell me to drive by my own lights and head for the higher ground. We all go through bumps in the road. We all go through times in our lives when we question ourselves. Where we allow doubt and fear to nag at the corners of our soul, and our purpose. But you come out of those periods stronger, and with a greater sense of who you are.’

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‘My strongest memory is walking into the meeting, and in my broken French I said ‘Are there any problems’, and the response was, unilaterally, unanimously from these women: ‘Il n'y a pas de l’eau’ - There’s no water. It made me feel initially powerless but also made me feel very humble because UNICEF are actually doing something about it. Where there is need, they supply.’ 

Tom Hiddleston | Unicef UK Ambassador, reflects on supporting their work for children in danger, 2016

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‘I think it’s really important that children participate in the [UNICEF] campaign. I think it’s fantastic already that so many - I think 6,000 - letters have been written to say how much they care about the education of children in other countries who are afflicted by conflict or crisis.’

Tom & Charities: Tom Hiddleston talks child protection with young campaigners, 4th May 2016 

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