I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor if I wasn't.

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.

The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.

I never make conscious decisions.

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

I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough.

I don't mind being a commodity. It's given me a good life.