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Daily Inspiration Quote by Tom Felton

"I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that"

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Felton’s quote lands with the disarming ordinariness of a young actor trying to reclaim a life that doesn’t belong to the entertainment machine. The specific intent is simple: to project a plan, a future, a self not entirely scripted by casting directors. Naming “Southampton” and the oddly specific “fishery studies” isn’t just biographical color; it’s a strategic choice. He’s anchoring his identity in something materially grounded, almost stubbornly unglamorous, the kind of vocation that resists red-carpet mythology.

The subtext is a quiet negotiation with fame. Child actors are routinely framed as either prodigies or cautionary tales, and both narratives flatten them. By talking about college as a normal next step and citing his brother’s experience as the key influence, Felton re-centers the family as his reference point, not the industry. That “Again” reads like a corrective, a reminder that there’s a private timeline running parallel to the public one, and it matters more.

Contextually, this is a mid-2000s celebrity posture that now feels almost quaint: aspiration toward anonymity, toward training and routine, toward a life where accomplishment isn’t measured in box office totals. Fishery studies, of all things, signals seriousness without pretension. It’s a way of telling the audience: I’m not a brand yet. I’m a person with options, with curiosity, with a future that can smell like the sea instead of a soundstage.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Felton, Tom. (2026, January 18). I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-plan-to-go-to-college-in-southampton-a-fishery-5809/

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Felton, Tom. "I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-plan-to-go-to-college-in-southampton-a-fishery-5809/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-plan-to-go-to-college-in-southampton-a-fishery-5809/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Tom Felton

Tom Felton (born September 22, 1987) is a Actor from United Kingdom.

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