Quotes by Anthony Hopkins

50 quotes by Anthony Hopkins

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Quote about inteligence, thinking, death, mind, human imperfections, human-nature

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.

Quote about actors, fight, being

After making Titus I decided to take a year out and apart from a small part in Mission Impossible 2 which took 10 days, I went back to LA and literally tended the flowers in the garden, walked on the beach, climbed the mountains, drove my car and...

Quote about flowers, impossible, day

And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.

Quote about film, love

And I've just done an exhibition of paintings of mine - one hundred paintings down in San Antonio for some friends of my wife, Lulu and Aaron Tucker.

Quote about wife

And so generally, you ask me if I'm living my dreams, yeah, I am living my dreams.

Quote about dream

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

Quote about irony, time

Funnily enough, people ask me what is it like being a celebrity. Well, I live an ordinary, simple life.

Quote about life, celebrity, being, immortality, nation

I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.

Quote about film

I am doing another series for a San Antonio library for a charity called Born to Read. It supports literacy among young kids, trying to encourage kids to read and write.

Quote about charity

I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else.

Quote about truth, home

I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff.

Quote about stars, need, nation

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

Quote about film

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.

Quote about smoke, drinking, lie, day

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

Quote about interest

I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it.

Quote about art

I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

Quote about attitude, night, good, good luck, immortality, life

I love life because what more is there.

Quote about life, love, immortality

I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters.

Quote about magic, chance, love