Anthony Hopkins Quotes
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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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Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.
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I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive.
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I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.
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I'm interested in the dream and subconscious mind, the peculiar dream-like quality of our lives, sometime nightmare quality of our lives.
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Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.
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I wouldn't use the word 'scared' for my role as Hitchcock, but it was my most insecure. Taking on such a formidable, giant personality such as Hitchcock; he was one of the great geniuses of world cinema. Sheer genius.
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I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.
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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.
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Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.
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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.
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If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.
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I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I suppose I'm blessed and cursed by the fact I have that freedom.
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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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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 worked at the Steel Company Of Wales when I was 17. My job was to supply tools to the guys working the blast furnaces.
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I'm the slowest driver in the world.
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We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.
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I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.
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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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I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.
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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.
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I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.
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It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.