I always distrust the word art when it is applied to acting. Anthony Hopkins More Quotes by Anthony Hopkins More Quotes From Anthony Hopkins My weak spot is that I don't like analyzing so I tend to be a bit lazy; I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring. Anthony Hopkins lazy bored mean A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much. Anthony Hopkins arrogant too-much trying 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. Anthony Hopkins cynical acting believe I do the best I can - I know my way around [Russian method acting pioneer] Stanislavski, but I can't take myself seriously like that. I respect people who do it, of course. I just think I'm lucky to still be working at 73. You reach a point in life where you just think, "Show up, do your job, make sure the cheque's on the way," and that's it. I'm not hungry to do anything more, really. Anthony Hopkins jobs people thinking Getting old ain't for the faint of heart. Anthony Hopkins faint-of-heart aging heart I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive. Anthony Hopkins alive I drank a lot, but I wouldn't have missed it. I look back on it as sort of dreary enjoyment, because I don't have to be there anymore. Anthony Hopkins enjoyment recovery looks I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was my limitation in life... And I wanted to write music, and I didn’t know what I was doing and I never had the technique or understanding of it... But I’ve always played the piano and I can improvise on the piano, but the problem is that I can’t write down what I write. I can read music but I can’t write numbers. Anthony Hopkins piano play writing I never make conscious decisions. If my agent says to me, "It's a good script," I'll do it. I don't plan. I've got a lot of things to do. I'm at the roulette table and my luck seems to be running at the moment. I might as well stay there until it runs out. Anthony Hopkins luck decision running I just remember Kathy Bates getting on the stage and "The Oscar goes to Anthony Hopkins." I looked around, because I really thought Nick Nolte would get it. I really thought Nick would get it. I was very surprised. It was neck and neck with Nick Nolte and myself. So I really was expecting that to happen, and I went in there without any expectations. Anthony Hopkins necks oscars expectations Oliver Stone is a great director and I've seen many films over the years, but I try to create stuff out of my own imagination. I want to break all the rules and mess about with it and make a different movie just for the fun of it. Anthony Hopkins imagination fun years I love traveling. I like to keep moving. I love the big open spaces in America. Anthony Hopkins space america moving I'm having a great life. And I'm 73 and they still phone me up and ask me to do a job here and there. Anthony Hopkins here-and-there phones jobs Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script. Anthony Hopkins trying retirement thinking 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 important goes-on art I don't know what I believe. Anthony Hopkins i-believe knows believe I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, but I don't waste time with people. Anthony Hopkins you man time people
