My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough. - Anthony Hopkins
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. - Anthony Hopkins
Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you're doomed; you're finished. - Anthony Hopkins
Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer. - Anthony Hopkins
People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up. - Anthony Hopkins
People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life. - Anthony Hopkins
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. - Anthony Hopkins
Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life. - Anthony Hopkins
Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky. - Anthony Hopkins
The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting. - Anthony Hopkins
The knighthood was a tremendous honor, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor. - Anthony Hopkins
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. - Anthony Hopkins
The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart. - Anthony Hopkins
This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille. - Anthony Hopkins
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
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap. - Anthony Hopkins
We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active. - Anthony Hopkins
We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing - well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance. - Anthony Hopkins
We're always looking over our shoulders, 'what they will think, what the press will think, what will this one - am I making the right career move?' When you're young you have to do all that to survive, I suppose. - Anthony Hopkins
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. - Anthony Hopkins
Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then. - Anthony Hopkins
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