Anthony Hopkins quotes His role as Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) Born: 12/31/1937 Country: united_kingdom

• Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I never make conscious decisions. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things. (Anthony Hopkins)
• 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. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I'm always cast in these strange men... that's not me, really. (Anthony Hopkins)
• 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 Hopkins)
• I'm the slowest driver in the world. (Anthony Hopkins)
• I've got a great sense of humor. (Anthony Hopkins)
• It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone. (Anthony Hopkins)
• My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker. (Anthony Hopkins)
• Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought. (Anthony Hopkins)
• Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky. (Anthony Hopkins)
• We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap. (Anthony Hopkins)
• Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid. (Anthony Hopkins)

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