Anthony Hopkins quotes

“Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I love life because what more is there?”

— Anthony Hopkins

“My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“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

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

— Anthony Hopkins

“I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“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

“I never make conscious decisions.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“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

“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

“We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist.”

— Anthony Hopkins

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

— Anthony Hopkins

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

— Anthony Hopkins

“I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I'm interested in the dream and subconscious mind, the peculiar dream-like quality of our lives, sometime nightmare quality of our lives.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I'm the slowest driver in the world.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I've got a great sense of humor.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.”

— 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 don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.”

— Anthony Hopkins

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

— Anthony Hopkins