Anthony Hopkins

I always distrust the word art when it is applied to acting.

— Anthony Hopkins

Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.

— Anthony Hopkins

I was hell bent on destruction... it was like being possessed by a demon.

— Anthony Hopkins

When I direct I try to keep it a unique design of my own. Naturally you're influenced.

— Anthony Hopkins

And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.

— Anthony Hopkins

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

— Anthony Hopkins

I enjoy painting. I don't know if I'm good at it, but I paint. I paint very quickly.

— Anthony Hopkins

If you don't follow through on your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable.

— Anthony Hopkins

“I once asked a Jesuit preist what was the best short prayer he knew. He said "Fuck it." as in "Fuck it,…

— 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

We are fascinated by the darkness in ourselves, we are fascinated by the shadow, we are fascinated by the boogeyman.

— Anthony Hopkins

I worked at the Steel Company Of Wales when I was 17. My job was to supply tools to the guys working…

— Anthony Hopkins

The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart.

— Anthony Hopkins

I look in the mirror and I see the lines, but I don't care. It's a good time. I don't know why…

— Anthony Hopkins

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…

— 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

I used to be a bit obsessed by acting but not anymore. I do enjoy acting but I probably enjoy it more…

— Anthony Hopkins

My life has been a kind of mystery to me. By all my logical, linear thinking I started out in school as…

— Anthony Hopkins

As a Welshman that can't sing, I never feel more proud to be Welsh than when I hear the Treorchy Male Choir…

— Anthony Hopkins

If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows…

— Anthony Hopkins

For me, time is the greatest mystery of all. The fact is that we're dreaming all the time. That's what really gets…

— Anthony Hopkins

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife,…

— Anthony Hopkins

I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too…

— Anthony Hopkins

You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have…

— Anthony Hopkins

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

— Anthony Hopkins

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

— Anthony Hopkins

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

— Anthony Hopkins

There is nothing to be scared of in movies. It's a bit scarier going on stage.

— Anthony Hopkins

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

— Anthony Hopkins

I love to have a laugh. I like to tease people.

— Anthony Hopkins

I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.

— Anthony Hopkins

I love traveling. I like to keep moving. I love the big open spaces in America.

— Anthony Hopkins

I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.

— Anthony Hopkins

I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.

— Anthony Hopkins

Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid.

— Anthony Hopkins

I never cling on to hope or certainty. They're the enemies of peace.

— Anthony Hopkins

I’m not young anymore. I don’t wanna start over again.

— Anthony Hopkins

There's many a good tune played by an old banjo.

— Anthony Hopkins

How do you play Hannibal Lector? Well just don't move. Scare people by being still.

— Anthony Hopkins

My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

— Anthony Hopkins