Anthony Hopkins

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

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. ”

People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious. ”

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

I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people. ”

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that. ”

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. ”

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

We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active. ”

Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer. ”