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Non-expectation and acceptance. Because expectation leads to resentment and depression, so I have no expectations.
Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 31
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I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.
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Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.
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My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.
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I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.
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I wanted revenge I wanted to dance on the graves of a few people who made me unhappy. It's a pretty infantile way to go through life - I'll show them - but I've done it, and I've got more than I ever dreamed of.
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I'll do anything to keep everyone laughing. Things get too intense on film sets. I remember on The Elephant Man, I used to imitate a cat without moving my lips. David Lynch would say, Cut! Sorry, we've got a noise somewhere on set. Everyone would be looking around for this cat.
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Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.
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By giving up 'the need' and 'the want', things begin to happen for you
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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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