Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE, is a Welsh actor of film, stage, and television. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre. In 1968, he got his break in film in The Lion in Winter, playing King Richard the Lionheart...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 December 1937
CityMargam, Wales
We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.
I do my job. I do what I'm paid to do and I show up and I'm always prepared. I prepare by learning the text so well that when I show up, I'm relaxed and focused for the part. Now, whether that's good or bad I don't know. Whatever I'm going to say is going to sound very egocentric and self-centered so I'd better shut up.
Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.
And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.
Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.
I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.
Acting's entertainment. It's not brain surgery.
I don't have a vast longing for the stage.
You still wake up sometimes. You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.
I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.
I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters.
I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.
Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.
The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing.