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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.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: All My Life Been Clever College Composing Enough Gone Life Like Music My Life School Would

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What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Always Easy Go Just Just Be Learn Lines Over Relaxed Script Way Well Work I Can

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It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Charge Come Day End Find Going Good Ivory James Ken Know Like Pleasant Set Someone Surprise Work You

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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.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Actor Antisocial Any Bad Became Bother Brains Doing Kids Know Lousy Moron Other Other Kids Real Really School Screwed-Up Student Why

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I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I've never been really close to anyone.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Anyone Been Child Close Friends Isolated Loner Many Much Never Really Very

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I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Am Anyone Good Locked Locked Up Long Relationships Too Up Very I Am

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I wouldn't use the word 'scared' for my role as Hitchcock, but it was my most insecure. Taking on such a formidable, giant personality such as Hitchcock; he was one of the great geniuses of world cinema. Sheer genius.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Cinema Formidable Genius Geniuses Giant Great He Hitchcock Insecure Most Personality Role Scared Sheer Taking Use Word World

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I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Anything Anything Else Becoming Brain Composer Dreamt Else Ever Kind Matter Nothing Pianist Say Set Stone Where

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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.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Academic Always Background Blessed Cursed Down Fact Freedom Had Improvisation Knack Musical Never Notes Play Proper Really Suppose Write I Can

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If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.

~Anthony Hopkins

Topics: Able Acting Actor All My Time Come Cows Function Home Maybe My Time Myself Never Part Patience Set Shallow Spent Them Till Time Who Why

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Biography

Nationality: Welsh

Type: Actor

Born: December 31st, 1937

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