Danger is the spice of life and you’ve got to take a risk now and then…that’s what makes life worthwhile.

We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.

It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

I wanted to be a musician but I didn't have the talent for it, so I decided I wanted to be famous, so I became an actor.

I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.

When people call me Sir Anthony I just think oh, that's a bit odd. But I'm not cynical about it. Um, I just feel more comfortable being called Tony or Mr. Hopkins, whatever name I'm called.