Anthony Hopkins Quotes
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I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.
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I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with - life's too short.
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I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.
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I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.
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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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I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.
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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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I do admire Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen, but I'm a philistine. I like the good life too much; I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.
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I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.
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I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.
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Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought.
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I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.
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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.
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What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.
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I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.
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A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.
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Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.
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I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.
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I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough.
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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.
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I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive.
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The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart.
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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.
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I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it.