'Spider-Man' star Tom Holland says the industry 'scares' him: 'I really do not like Hollywood'

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"Spider-Man: No Way Home" star Tom Holland doesn’t want to be part of the Hollywood machine. In an interview on the "Jay Shetty Podcast," the actor explained his struggle to be a part of the business while maintaining his sense of self. "I really am a massive fan of making movies, but I really do not like Hollywood.

It is not for me," Holland said. "The business really scares me. I understand that I’m a part of that business and I enjoy my kind of interactions with it, but that said, I am always looking for ways to kind of remove myself from it to kind of just live as normal a life as possible." He continued, "I definitely think it has been an ongoing thought, which is ‘don’t lose yourself.’ I’ve seen so many people come before me and lose themselves, and I’ve had friends that I’ve grown up with that aren’t friends of mine anymore because they’ve lost themselves to this business, and I just am really, really keen to focus on what make me happy which is my family, my friends, my carpentry, my golf, the charity my mom runs, that is the stuff that makes me really happy and that is the stuff I should protect." Holland has been acting since he was nine-years-old, and rose to international fame playing Spider-Man in the "Avengers" and "Spider-Man" films.

In June, he announced he would be taking a break from Hollywood, which he says was planned after the completion of his AppleTV+ series "The Crowded Room." His relationship with "Spider-Man" co-star Zendaya, has also been in the spotlight, but Holland says they both work to maintain their privacy and kept any relationship details to himself during the interview. "My relationship is the thing I keep most sacred, I don’t talk about it.