Top 101 Quotes by Anthony Hopkins

My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams.

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.

I don't have a vast longing for the stage.

I've felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father's family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

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

I like to take it easy.

I'm the slowest driver in the world.

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.

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.

I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.