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
Anthony Hopkins quotes about
If you're an alcoholic or a drug addict or something, we flirt with death. We pull ourselves to the brink of destruction and if we're lucky we pull ourselves back. We all have that in us.
I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette.
I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
Acting's entertainment. It's not brain surgery.
I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.
Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.
I've got a great sense of humor.
My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.
I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive.
It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.
There's many a good tune played by an old banjo.
I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.
I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.
Multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I'm talking about.