Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Anthony Hopkins Quotes
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.
ConnectionDownfallHumility Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you're doomed; you're finished.
BullyingGrowthHopeResilience I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.
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.
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.
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.
AchievementSelf-ConfidenceSuccess I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.
Brain HealthHobbiesMusicPhysical Activity We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.
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.
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.
AdversityChildhoodPerseverance I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.
CollaborationHumilityLeadership A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.
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.
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.
BeliefHumilityRespectTolerance I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone's religion or belief.
EarthinessGroundednessHard WorkPracticalitySimplicity My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.
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.
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.
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.
CareerCommitmentPerseverance Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.
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.
ActingAuthenticitySubtlety The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.