I always distrust the word art when it is applied to acting. Anthony Hopkins More Quotes by Anthony Hopkins More Quotes From Anthony Hopkins If you have high expectations you're going to get resentments and all kinds of tension. Anthony Hopkins resentment kind expectations What a glorious night. Every face I see is a memory. It may not be a perfectly perfect memory. Sometimes we had our ups and downs. But we're all together and you're mine for a night. And I'm going to break precedent and tell you my one-candle wish...that you would have a life as lucky as mine, where you can wake up one morning and say, 'I don't want anything more'. Sixty-five years. Don't they go by in a blink? Anthony Hopkins morning night memories I don't have any expectations about my films. If they're good, they're good - if they're not, they're not. About 10 years ago, I remember going to see one of my movies - I can't even remember which one now - and everyone was jumping up and down, getting excited, saying what a great film it was going to be. We all went in and watched it, and it was the slowest movie I've ever seen. The next day, the reviews were terrible and half the studio was fired. Anthony Hopkins next-day jumping years Certainty is the enemy of mankind. If you're certain about everything, you have the Inquisition, you have Nazis and you have - that certainty is something to be guarded about. Anthony Hopkins nazi certain enemy Keep low expectations and life gets pretty good. Anthony Hopkins low-expectations expectations lows I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom. Anthony Hopkins married wife beautiful I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. Anthony Hopkins enjoy acting knows My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker. Anthony Hopkins meat men father You look closely enough, you'll find that everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later. Anthony Hopkins weak-spots enough looks I was hell bent on destruction... it was like being possessed by a demon. Anthony Hopkins hell addiction demon I've got a great sense of humor. Anthony Hopkins sense-of-humor humor I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it. Anthony Hopkins prove done needs I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere. Anthony Hopkins parent believe ideas There's a thing that if you - somebody in faith is always troubled by doubt, and somebody by doubt is always wanted by faith. So it's a kind of paradox. Anthony Hopkins paradox kind doubt You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have to be jostled. I love it. You've gotta have a laugh. It's better than working for a living. Anthony Hopkins working-for-a-living water laughing I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough. Anthony Hopkins sudden-death live-life enough My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. Anthony Hopkins philosophy people thinking I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with - life's too short. Anthony Hopkins strong sorry war I visualized a lot of things happening to me, because I was a lonely kid because I didn't understand anything about school. Anthony Hopkins lonely kids school I watched a film with a very famous, great, great actor, I won't mention his name because everyone loves his memory, but I thought, "God he was acting a lot." Great actor, but nonstop acting. Wall to wall, fitted-carpet acting. Anthony Hopkins wall names memories
