I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page sunrise over the desert and masses of a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.
Anthony HopkinsI don't push my luck. I don't worry about the results and therefore everything seems to work out well. That's something I've learnt over the years. The whole thing about the acting business is that it's a hit-or-miss game so I keep my distance from it.
Anthony HopkinsWhat a glorious night. Every face I see is a memory. It may not be a perfectly perfect memory. Sometimes we had our ups and downs. But we're all together and you're mine for a night. And I'm going to break precedent and tell you my one-candle wish...that you would have a life as lucky as mine, where you can wake up one morning and say, 'I don't want anything more'. Sixty-five years. Don't they go by in a blink?
Anthony HopkinsAs a Welshman that can't sing, I never feel more proud to be Welsh than when I hear the Treorchy Male Choir - the Master Choir of them all. If I could sing I would apply for membership myself.
Anthony HopkinsPeople ask me how did you choose the part and how did you prepare for this work? I just learned the lines and showed up; I don't know what else to say because that's all I know how to do.
Anthony HopkinsI do my job, and I do what Iโm paid to do and Iโm always prepared. I prepare by learning the text so well that when I show up, Iโm relaxed and the performance sort of happens. Now whether thatโs good or bad, I donโt know... Whatever I say is going to sound very egocentric and self centered anyway so Iโd better shut up.
Anthony Hopkins