Anthony Hopkins

I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, but I don't waste time with people. ”

The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing. ”

I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone. ”

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. ”

I'm not a health freak. I just work out every day. ”

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. ”