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Anthony Hopkins

I don't know why they gave me...

I don't know why they gave me a knighthood - though it's very nice of them - but I only ever use the title in the U.S. The Americans insist on it and get offended if I don't.

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Anthony Hopkins

I worked with Lawrence Olivie...

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

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Anthony Hopkins

In the theatre, people talk. ...

In the theatre, people talk. Talk, talk until the cows come home about journeys of discovery and about what Hazlitt thought of a line of Shakespeare. I can't stand it.

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Anthony Hopkins

The knighthood was a tremendo...

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.

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Anthony Hopkins

I just wanted to be a compose...

I just wanted to be a composer; I became an actor by default, really. I got a scholarship to a college of music and drama, hoping to take a scholarship in music. But I ended up as an acting student, so I've stuck with that for the last 50-odd years.

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Anthony Hopkins

I was lousy in school. Real s...

I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.

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Anthony Hopkins

People forget that Mozart wro...

People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious.

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Anthony Hopkins

Non-expectation and acceptanc...

Non-expectation and acceptance. Because expectation leads to resentment and depression, so I have no expectations.

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Anthony Hopkins

It's very difficult to libera...

It's very difficult to liberate yourself from what you've learned. You know it's almost impossible because you learn in order to survive.

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Anthony Hopkins

I've had no ­contact with my ...

I've had no ­contact with my daughter for years. That's her choice. Anyway, you move on. If people don't want to bother with me, fine. You know, God bless them, and move on.

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Anthony Hopkins

I'd like to wake up and look ...

I'd like to wake up and look like Brad Pitt in the morning, but I don't. I look in the mirror, and I see me.

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Anthony Hopkins

When you begin to believe you...

When you begin to believe you have license because you are a special person breathing special oxygen, that's when you're in big trouble. That's the road to insanity. And a lot of people in the studios are like that. They believe that they are special. I do think actors are blessed, or cursed, with maybe a slightly heightened awareness, which you have to use.

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Anthony Hopkins

The whole point of courage, t...

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

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Anthony Hopkins

I play piano and that's my lo...

I play piano and that's my love. I read and I paint and I compose music, so I've got a pretty full creative life. And it's not because, I'm obsessively creative.

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Anthony Hopkins

When you're younger you have ...

When you're younger you have so many ideas about yourself; everything is important. It's not when you look back, nothing is that important. It's only life.

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Anthony Hopkins

The trick is not to get too f...

The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and sketching some of the sounds without obliterating my own voice.

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Anthony Hopkins

I read a lot, that's my main ...

I read a lot, that's my main hobby. I've got an iPad which I store books on and I read voraciously. I'm a slow reader but I'm obsessive. I make references, underline things, cross-reference. I'm an autodidact.

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Anthony Hopkins

No expectations. Ask nothing,...

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

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Anthony Hopkins

I'm most suspicious of script...

I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.

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Anthony Hopkins

It was a challenge, to work w...

It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.

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