I was born in the same town as Richard Burton, the actor, and I saw him, he used to come - he and his wife drove by in the car in my father's shop and Burton would come home from Hollywood and ask him for his autograph, and I thought, I want to be like him. And that's all I said to myself, I want to be like that. I want to get out of this environment of my own empty mind.
Anthony HopkinsI like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.
Anthony HopkinsI'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.
Anthony HopkinsWhat is so liberating about this whole business is when you see that, you know, big movies are going to come out, huge movies are going to come out, and then you see them up in Malibu in the little Triplex theater a week later, on the scratch negative, and you think...โThis is show business. This is the great movie career. And itโs all finding it in the shoebox.โ
Anthony Hopkins