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I thought I did play one vill...

I thought I did play one villain, Hitler, [who is] like Lecter in some ways, but he's a mythical figure, anyway.

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I've always liked American ac...

I've always liked American actors particularly. Because that was my first impression. I was very enamoured of America when I was a kid because we were surrounded by American soldiers during the war, the accent was very strange to me, it was very exotic and very captivating.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

You relax within the verse. Y...

You relax within the verse. You realize the structure of the verse and relax into it. It's like swimming. Or riding a bike. You can't make it sound real if you are thinking it through as you go. You can't think through Shakespeare, you have to speak it. And listen to the rhythm of it and then it takes you over. And to make it sound real you speak as if you believe it. Don't act it. Just be it.

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What is so liberating about t...

What is so liberating about this whole business is when you see that, you know, big movies are going to come out, huge movies are going to come out, and then you see them up in Malibu in the little Triplex theater a week later, on the scratch negative, and you think...“This is show business. This is the great movie career. And it’s all finding it in the shoebox.”

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I'm not unfamiliar with music...

I'm not unfamiliar with music, and I really do write music. I've gotten a talent for it. I don't have the technical skills, but I do plan to learn.

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I don't mind being a commodit...

I don't mind being a commodity. It's given me a good life.

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When I direct I try to keep i...

When I direct I try to keep it a unique design of my own. Naturally you're influenced.

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My weak spot is that I don't ...

My weak spot is that I don't like analyzing so I tend to be a bit lazy; I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.

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I like to work. I don't like ...

I like to work. I don't like to disrupt my equilibrium. I don't like to change my head. I'd rather be a third-rate actor. It's a job, and I'm dedicated in my way. I enjoy it. I'm serious about it. But if it doesn't come off, I'm not going to die.

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I play music - I write my own...

I play music - I write my own music, but I play music, just background music really, and just let it happen.

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I just remember Kathy Bates g...

I just remember Kathy Bates getting on the stage and "The Oscar goes to Anthony Hopkins." I looked around, because I really thought Nick Nolte would get it. I really thought Nick would get it. I was very surprised. It was neck and neck with Nick Nolte and myself. So I really was expecting that to happen, and I went in there without any expectations.

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I have no illusions about my ...

I have no illusions about my position in this world as an actor or anything like that. I'm very realistic. Reality is a very liberating thing.

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When I was a younger actor, I...

When I was a younger actor, I was very immersed in it, very "method" and all that. Now, I don't give a hoot.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

You have to be pretty tough t...

You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't waffle through this business.

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I wanted to be a musician but...

I wanted to be a musician but I didn't have the talent for it, so I decided I wanted to be famous, so I became an actor.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

Some nights you might go thro...

Some nights you might go through an entire performance and not feel a thing, and the audience may have a much better time, 'cause if you're enjoying yourself on stage too much, they're having a terrible time because they can't hear you. And if you're a woman your mascara's running.

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I've always liked to be a mea...

I've always liked to be a meat and potatoes kind of actor who doesn't believe in any of the highfalutin stuff about acting, so I tend to be a little bit more cynical.

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I wanted to be a musician. I ...

I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was my limitation in life... And I wanted to write music, and I didn’t know what I was doing and I never had the technique or understanding of it... But I’ve always played the piano and I can improvise on the piano, but the problem is that I can’t write down what I write. I can read music but I can’t write numbers.

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If you're in a successful pla...

If you're in a successful play and the play is working well - I mean successful because the audiences like it, the audiences respond well - it's a pleasure.

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I do the best I can - I know ...

I do the best I can - I know my way around [Russian method acting pioneer] Stanislavski, but I can't take myself seriously like that. I respect people who do it, of course. I just think I'm lucky to still be working at 73. You reach a point in life where you just think, "Show up, do your job, make sure the cheque's on the way," and that's it. I'm not hungry to do anything more, really.

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