408 Quotes by Anthony Hopkins

I used to be a bit obsessed by acting but not anymore. I do enjoy acting but I probably enjoy it more now because it's easier. I can't work in the theater because to me it's too serious. It's like being in prison for me. I admire people that can do that but I can't do it. I'd rather live my life and do a bit of acting in between.

How do you play Hannibal Lector? Well just don't move. Scare people by being still.

I am young! Being creative and keeping your brain occupied is very sensible because if you don't you die, slowly.

I've always liked to be a meat and potatoes kind of actor who doesn't believe in any of the highfalutin stuff about acting, so I tend to be a little bit more cynical.

I'm glad I'm not young anymore. I don't want to start all over again.

I wanted revenge; I wanted to dance on the graves of a few people who made me unhappy. It's a pretty infantile way to go through life - I'll show them - but I've done it, and I've got more than I ever dreamed of.

If you have high expectations you're going to get resentments and all kinds of tension.

Shakespeare's so bloody difficult, and I don't like failure. You can fail on film, but there's nobody actually there in the flesh to watch you failing.

My life is not my own business.