| Anthony Hopkins Quotes |
Be bold and mighty things will come to your aid.
I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.
I feel I have an intuitive thing about actors, especially younger actors. I feel I can help out a bit and give encouragement because it's a tough business.
Ask nothing, expect nothing, accept everything.
To hell with this stupid show business, this ridiculous showbiz, this futile waste of life. I look back and see a desert wasteland. All those years spent in a fake enviroment. Everything was a fake.
I once asked a Jesuit priest what was the best short prayer he knew. He said, 'f*** it,' as in 'f*** it; it's in God's hands.
[on Hannibal Lector mask]
I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night!
I was a total loner, not by self-design. I just didn't know what the hell to say to people. I was so shy. I used to stammer and lisp and dribble at the mouth.
I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.
I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense ... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness. -- from Shadowlands
I hate talking about acting, Actors are so pompous. I really don't know what I'm doing half of the time.
When a director says 'this is going to be a journey of discovery' I want to pack my bags and get in the car.
I know that in the end there is a peace, a real peace, and maybe darkeness and nothing. I don't have morbid thoughts about it. My epitaph if I ever have one will be, 'what was all that about?
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