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.

- Anthony Hopkins

I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.

- Anthony Hopkins

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

- Anthony Hopkins

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

- Anthony Hopkins

I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else.

- Anthony Hopkins

I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.

- Anthony Hopkins

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.

- Anthony Hopkins

I'm not a health freak. I just work out every day.

- Anthony Hopkins

I'm always cast in these strange men... that's not me, really.

- Anthony Hopkins

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

- Anthony Hopkins

People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.

- Anthony Hopkins

My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough.

- Anthony Hopkins

Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.

- Anthony Hopkins

We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.

- Anthony Hopkins

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky.

- Anthony Hopkins

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

- Anthony Hopkins

Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid.

- Anthony Hopkins

I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff.

- Anthony Hopkins

I remember coming to New York in 1974 to do a play here called 'Equis.' And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets, and I thought, 'I'm home.' I felt really at peace here.

- Anthony Hopkins

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.

- Anthony Hopkins