Anthony Hopkins Quotes

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Anthony Hopkins

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 31, 1937

My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

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Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I've never been really close to anyone.

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I don't like freeloaders; I don't like people who are negative.

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I never make conscious decisions.

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It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.

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I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.

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It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.

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

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I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive.

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I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.

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I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.

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I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

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

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For me, time is the greatest mystery of all. The fact is that we're dreaming all the time. That's what really gets me. We have a fathomless lake of unconsciousness just beneath our skulls.

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I'm the slowest driver in the world.

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If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.

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