408 Quotes by Anthony Hopkins

I’ve always been hopeless at everything when I was a kid. That’s why I became an actor – ’cause I couldn’t do anything else.

Acting’s entertainment. It’s not brain surgery.

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.

As a Welshman that can’t sing, I never feel more proud to be Welsh than when I hear the Treorchy Male Choir – the Master Choir of them all. If I could sing I would apply for membership myself.

If you do things, whether it’s acting or music or painting, do it without fear – that’s my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there’s nothing to lose.

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we’ve had.

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.

Some nights you might go through an entire performance and not feel a thing, and the audience may have a much better time, ’cause if you’re enjoying yourself on stage too much, they’re having a terrible time because they can’t hear you. And if you’re a woman your mascara’s running.

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.