I do the best I can - I know my way around [Russian method acting pioneer] Stanislavski, but I can't take myself seriously like that. I respect people who do it, of course. I just think I'm lucky to still be working at 73. You reach a point in life where you just think, "Show up, do your job, make sure the cheque's on the way," and that's it. I'm not hungry to do anything more, really.

It's very difficult to liberate yourself from what you've learned. You know it's almost impossible because you learn in order to survive.

People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.

I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated and I've never been really close to anyone.

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

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 it's such a good time, but it's a good time.

I don't have a vast longing for the stage.