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Shakespeare's so bloody difficult, and I don't like failure. You can fail on film, but there's nobody actually there in the flesh to watch you failing.
Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 31
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Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.
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When people call me Sir Anthony I just think oh, that's a bit odd. But I'm not cynical about it. Um, I just feel more comfortable being called Tony or Mr. Hopkins, whatever name I'm called.
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Keep low expectations and life gets pretty good.
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If you’re an alcoholic or a drug addict, we flirt with death. We pull ourselves to the brink of destruction and if we’re lucky we pull ourselves back. We all have that in us.
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I play piano and that's my love. I read and I paint and I compose music, so I've got a pretty full creative life. And it's not because, I'm obsessively creative.
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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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My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.
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There is nothing to be scared of in movies. It's a bit scarier going on stage.
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My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.
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