Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Anthony Hopkins Quotes
ConnectionDownfallHumility Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you're doomed; you're finished.
PerseveranceTalent Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.
AmbitionEducationLifelong DedicationMusicPassion I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.
CollaborationHumilityLeadership A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.
AdaptabilityBalanceCollaborationPerseveranceResilience I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.
Brain HealthHobbiesMusicPhysical Activity We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.
ExistenceMysterySupernaturalTime 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.
BeliefHumilityRespectTolerance I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone's religion or belief.
ChildhoodDreamMemoryNostalgia 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.
Inner WisdomIntuitionSurrenderTrust Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.
DreamLife S PeculiarityNightmaresSubconscious I'm interested in the dream and subconscious mind, the peculiar dream-like quality of our lives, sometime nightmare quality of our lives.
ActorDedicationDisciplinePreparation Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought.
Overcoming AdversityPerseverancePurposeRevenge I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.
AdversityChildhoodPerseverance I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.
EarthinessGroundednessHard WorkPracticalitySimplicity My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.
BelongingHomePeace I remember coming to New York in 1974 to do a play here called 'Equis.' And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets, and I thought, 'I'm home.' I felt really at peace here.
CareerCommitmentPerseverance Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.
ActingAuthenticitySubtlety The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.
BullyingGrowthHopeResilience I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.
BelongingChildhoodHomelandNostalgia I have dual citizenship; it just so happens I live in America. 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.
AuthenticityEqualityHumilityIdentitySimplicity People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.
CreativityFreedomImprovisationNatural Talent I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I suppose I'm blessed and cursed by the fact I have that freedom.
FitnessSelf-ContradictionVice 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.