Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE, is a Welsh actor of film, stage, and television. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre. In 1968, he got his break in film in The Lion in Winter, playing King Richard the Lionheart...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 December 1937
CityMargam, Wales
I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.
I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters.
I don't have a vast longing for the stage.
I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive.
I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.
A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.
I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.
I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.
I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.
I worked at the Steel Company Of Wales when I was 17. My job was to supply tools to the guys working the blast furnaces.
I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.
I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.
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.
I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.