Quote of the day by Tom Holland: ‘I feel like if you put something out into the universe, then you increase your chances of it happening,’ when Spider-Man spoke about the power of manifestation
Tom Holland is about to have the most significant six weeks of his career. On July 17, 2026, he will appear as Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s epic ‘The Odyssey,’ starring alongside Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, and Robert Pattinson in one of the decade’s most anticipated films. Then, just two weeks later, on July 31, he will suit up again as Peter Parker in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, his first time back in the Spider-Man suit since 2021, as confirmed by Marvel. Two of the biggest films of the year. Back to back. In the same month. For a man who has always believed that putting your intentions into the universe is the first step to making them real, the summer of 2026 reads almost like proof of his own philosophy. The quote of the day reads, “I feel like if you put something out into the universe, then you increase your chances of it happening.”
The Spider-Man star says expressing your ambitions openly can increase the chances of turning them into reality.Image credit (Tom Holland Instagram)
Meaning of the quote of the day by Tom Holland
Tom Holland said this in a 2017 interview with the Herald Sun, while reflecting on how he landed the role of Spider-Man. He was not speaking theoretically. He was speaking from a very specific experience of his own, one that has since become one of the most retold stories in modern Hollywood: a young actor who wanted a role so badly that he refused to let the wanting stay private.Holland has spoken openly about how, the moment the role was announced, he called his agents and said, “Please, please get me an audition.” He was so determined that when he finally got the chance to submit a self-tape, he opened it with a backflip just to show what he was capable of, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “I was like, ‘Hi, I’m Tom Holland.’ Backflip. ‘I’m from London.’ Side flip. ‘I’m five-foot-seven.’ Front flip. I had a lot of fun making those tapes.” He put it out there. Loudly and physically. And then he backed it up by doing the work.
Years after manifesting the role of Spider-Man, Tom Holland now leads two of 2026’s biggest films.Image credit (Tom Holland Instagram)
Jon Bernthal, who worked with Holland on the film ‘Pilgrimage’ around the same time, later told Jimmy Kimmel Live that Holland was constantly repeating “I am Spider-Man” while working on his audition tape, adding, “He had such focus and such belief, it was so beautiful.”What he is describing is something that sits between pure superstition and genuine psychology. On one level, telling the universe what you want is simply a way of committing to it. The act of saying something out loud, making it public, or allowing other people to know your ambition raises the stakes of pursuing it. You can no longer quietly abandon it without anyone noticing. The declaration creates accountability. And accountability creates effort. And effort, more often than it gets credit for, creates results.There is also something to be said for the way that stated intention changes how you move through the world. When you have told the universe what you want, you begin to notice the doors that are relevant to it. The conversations that matter. The opportunities that connect. A person who has quietly hoped for something and a person who has loudly committed to it will walk into the same room and see completely different things.
The actor combined determination with hard work to transform childhood dreams into a global career.Image credit (Tom Holland Instagram)
Tom Holland’s manifestation game: From a school play to Spider-Man
Born on June 1, 1996, in Kingston upon Thames, according to IMDb, Holland’s journey to Hollywood began with his stage debut as Billy Elliot in the West End musical ‘Billy Elliot the Musical,’ a role he prepared for with years of ballet training from the age of twelve. His first major film was ‘The Impossible’ in 2012, in which he starred opposite Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. He described getting the role by writing a heartfelt letter to his mother during an unconventional audition and reciting it, saying, “As I read it, I started crying. He loved the emotion and gave me the part,” as told to The Hollywood Reporter.He entered the Marvel universe in 2016 with ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ followed by ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming,’ ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home,’ and the record-breaking ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ in 2021. Casting director Sarah Finn told Backstage that the team read 2,500 people before finalising Holland for Spider-Man, making his selection all the more remarkable. Away from the suit, he delivered one of his most emotionally demanding performances in ‘Cherry’ in 2021, and has spoken candidly about how the role and its subject matter affected him personally. On ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ Holland has described it as the most creatively fulfilling filming experience of his career, telling Variety it felt like “a rebirth, something completely new,” and that director Destin Daniel Cretton made it “the best version of any Spider-Man movie going.” On ‘The Odyssey,’ he plays Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, a young man determined to find his absent father, in what is shaping up to be the most eagerly awaited Christopher Nolan film since ‘Oppenheimer,’ per IMDb.The boy who told the universe he wanted to be Spider-Man is now, nearly a decade later, headlining two of the most anticipated films of the year in the same month. The universe, it appears, was listening.
