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The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.
Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: December 31
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Hitchcock was such a master of putting on screen things that made you uneasy. Somebody once asked him what frightened him most, and he said the police. He came from a poor background. I think he understood those fears.
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When I was a young guy, I knew everything. Now I know very little. I know less and less as the time goes on.
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If you don't go when you want to go, when you do go, you'll find you've gone.
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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.
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I became an actor because I didn't know what else to do. Academically, I wasn't good.
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I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.
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When I direct I try to keep it a unique design of my own. Naturally you're influenced.
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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.
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I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.
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By giving up 'the need' and 'the want', things begin to happen for you
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I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.
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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.
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