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Anthony Hopkins is a renowned British actor, born on December 31, 1937, in Wales. Known for his exceptional acting skills and versatile character portrayals, Hopkins has been nominated for multiple Academy Awards and won the Best Actor for 'The Silence of the Lambs' in 1993.

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“No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.”

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“I do my job, and I do what I’m paid to do and I’m always prepared. I prepare by learning the text so well that when I show up, I’m relaxed and the performance sort of happens. Now whether that’s good or bad, I don’t know... Whatever I say is going to sound very egocentric and self centered anyway so I’d better shut up.”

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“I never make conscious decisions. If my agent says to me, "It's a good script," I'll do it. I don't plan. I've got a lot of things to do. I'm at the roulette table and my luck seems to be running at the moment. I might as well stay there until it runs out.”

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“I'm just an actor. It's the way the script is written, and it's easy. I don't have think about it. When you receive the script, you know pretty well how to play it, apart from little technicalities like the accent.”

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“If you're in a successful play and the play is working well - I mean successful because the audiences like it, the audiences respond well - it's a pleasure.”

Ifs Wells Mean Play Pleasure Audience Successful

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“I don't push my luck. I don't worry about the results and therefore everything seems to work out well. That's something I've learnt over the years. The whole thing about the acting business is that it's a hit-or-miss game so I keep my distance from it.”

Years Wells Whole Seems Games Results Acting Worry Missing Luck Distance Work Out

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“How do you play Hannibal Lector? Well just don't move. Scare people by being still.”

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

Wells Play Able Monsters Madmen

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“Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid.”

Wells Littles Kids Likes Little Kid Hopkins

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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.”

Way Wells I Can Easy Lines Scripts Relaxed

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“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.”

Want Mind Wells Process Acting Knowing Instinct Subconscious Relaxation Subconscious Mind

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“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.”

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“We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing - well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance.”

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“I found a way into the acting business because I thought, well, it beats working for a living, and so that's what I do. But I still feel like a bit of a stranger in it all. I've never really belonged anywhere.”

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“I have no education, I have no academic background in painting or in music, but I write music and I compose music and I write and I sell paintings, and my rule is, well, they can't arrest me.”

Writing Wells Painting Sells Backgrounds Academic

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“If you don't follow through on your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable.”

Ifs Wells Dream Might Vision Your Dreams Live By Vegetables Follow Through

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“Once you accept the fact that there's nothing to fear, you drill into the primal oil well. I believe when we do things without fear, we can do anything. As long as you don't worry about the consequences.”

Believe Wells Long Facts I Believe Can Do Accepting Worry Consequence Oil Primal Drills

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Born: December 31, 1937
Known for: Actor
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