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By giving up 'the need' and '...

By giving up 'the need' and 'the want', things begin to happen for you

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I was born in the same town a...

I was born in the same town as Richard Burton, the actor, and I saw him, he used to come - he and his wife drove by in the car in my father's shop and Burton would come home from Hollywood and ask him for his autograph, and I thought, I want to be like him. And that's all I said to myself, I want to be like that. I want to get out of this environment of my own empty mind.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I don't have any expectations...

I don't have any expectations about my films. If they're good, they're good - if they're not, they're not. About 10 years ago, I remember going to see one of my movies - I can't even remember which one now - and everyone was jumping up and down, getting excited, saying what a great film it was going to be. We all went in and watched it, and it was the slowest movie I've ever seen. The next day, the reviews were terrible and half the studio was fired.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

On his Hannibal Lector mask: ...

On his Hannibal Lector mask: I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I've reached a happy stage in...

I've reached a happy stage in my life - you can call it "happy" - but I have no expectations anymore. I'm glad I'm not young anymore.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

Acting is constricted because...

Acting is constricted because you have the lines. But I improvise with it and what I learn on the set. I improvise rhythms and just changes.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I'm just an actor. It's the w...

I'm just an actor. It's the way the script is written, and it's easy. I don't have think about it. When you receive the script, you know pretty well how to play it, apart from little technicalities like the accent.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

What a glorious night. Every ...

What a glorious night. Every face I see is a memory. It may not be a perfectly perfect memory. Sometimes we had our ups and downs. But we're all together and you're mine for a night. And I'm going to break precedent and tell you my one-candle wish...that you would have a life as lucky as mine, where you can wake up one morning and say, 'I don't want anything more'. Sixty-five years. Don't they go by in a blink?

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I don't have many friends; I'...

I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated and I've never been really close to anyone.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

When you're young, you're ver...

When you're young, you're very insecure. And if I could learn, if I could revisit my own past I could say to myself, don't think too much, just get on and do it.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

My philosophy is: It's none o...

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I remember coming to New York...

I remember coming to New York, in 1974 to do a play here called Equis. And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets and I thought, "I'm home." I felt really at peace here.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I think one of the things you...

I think one of the things you have to have is a respect for the camera, a real respect, and a real love for it, and to really, when I say take it seriously, quote 'seriously', I mean not patronize it. It's a big mistake to patronize it and think it's a third rate medium, because it's not, it's a great art form.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

You have to have humor. If yo...

You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have to be jostled. I love it. You've gotta have a laugh. It's better than working for a living.

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I believe I am quite amiable ...

I believe I am quite amiable and affable and quite fair, and I've rarely worked with people who are the opposite. Moodiness scares me. What gets to me is unkindness. Madness. Unwarranted cruelty through words. People who scream and shout at work. I hate confrontation and violence. I've done it in the past and I don't want to do it again. I guess I want a perfect world.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

When I was a young guy, I kne...

When I was a young guy, I knew everything. Now I know very little. I know less and less as the time goes on.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

I'm married. My wife, Stella -...

I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

My life turned out to be beyon...

My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

My philosophy is: It's none of...

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

We all dream. We dream vividly...

We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist.

Anthony Hopkins 306 quotes

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