Anthony Hopkins
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- Birth name: Philip Anthony Hopkins- Known as: Anthony Hopkins and Sir Anthony Hopkins
- Nickname: Tony
- Date of Birth: December 31, 1937
- Birthplace: Port Talbot, Wales
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
- Eyes: Blue
- Hair: Silver/White
- Most Famous Role: Dr. Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon) for which he won the Best Actor Academy Award. Quotes from Anthony Hopkins "I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen."
"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. "
On his Hannibal Lecter mask: "I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night."
"I love life because what more is there."
"Life isn't worth living if I miss an episode."
"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." Quotes about Anthony Hopkins "Out of all the great actors, he has a strong element of doubt in his make-up, and that doubt is what gives him some of his margin of greatness." - Oliver Stone
"Tony is so relaxed and casual, that's the great thing about him, what you see is what you get, and what you get is great." - Julianne Moore
"Tony is so powerful in his understating: his muted colours are better than everybody's primary colours. For me, he is the Beethoven of acting - profoundly creative and brilliantly orchestrated." - Mel Brooks
"He is one of those actors - and they are rare - who can convincingly portray a man of genius." - James Ivory
"Tony has this extraordinary ability to make you believe when you hear him that it is the very first time he has ever said that line. It's an incredible gift." - Sir Richard Attenborough
"He forgets how good he is." - Ridley Scott
"Who needs special effects when you have Anthony Hopkins?" - Scott Hicks
"Anthony Hopkins is sooo........I'd just give it right up!! It wasn't until I met him that I was utterly sold. This huge energy just pours off him - it was like he lassoed me, reeled me in." - Julia Roberts
"It was so gross! It made me gag, but then I realised, that's Anthony Hopkins eating me - that is so f***ing cool!" - Ray Liotta
"Nobody delivers a line better than Tony." - Alec Baldwin
"I would pay to work with Tony, he is the ultimate package. And forget the voice, the eyes." - Julia Roberts
"I have huge respect for Tony, truly one of our greatest Actors. He's a heavyweight, he's Holyfield, I have years before I understand where this man is coming from." - Brad Pitt
"A seething mass of contradictions, almost impossible to understand, very easy to love." - Jenni Hopkins (ex-wife)
"Working with Tony was a great experience, it's like having magic in your hands." - Oliver Stone
"The fact that Tony hasn't got an ego is the sexiest thing in the world." - Catherine Zeta-Jones
"Tony just completely fills a mansion, he really does! I've never seen energy like it - he's so dynamic. He's honestly the rawest talent that I've ever been around, even when he thinks he is screwing up you just wish you had that as your scene. He's an incredible presence and he works really hard." - Claire Forlani
"Tony was, and is, a wonderful man who lives everyday with the burden of genius." - Dame Judi Dench
"What I worry about is, are they fun to work with, are they nice, are they funny, are they easy to get along with. Tony was all of the above. This was the only time that I've ever been on a film where I've stepped outside myself and been aware that I'm actually directing someone of that calibre." - Jon Turteltaub
"Underneath that icy blue gaze - you can see the flames." - Emma Thompson
"For Tony, it's either black or white, up or down, all or nothing." - Jenni Hopkins (ex-wife)
"Anthony's voice, the way he says any line of dialogue from Hannibal Lecter, it sends chills to everyone." - Martha de Laurentiis