Anthony Hopkins

My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. ”

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. ”

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose. ”

We're always looking over our shoulders, 'what they will think, what the press will think, what will this one - am I making the right career move?' When you're young you have to do all that to survive, I suppose. ”

I worked at the Steel Company Of Wales when I was 17. My job was to supply tools to the guys working the blast furnaces. ”

In the theatre, people talk. Talk, talk until the cows come home about journeys of discovery and about what Hazlitt thought of a line of Shakespeare. I can't stand it. ”

I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom. ”

I have dual citizenship; it just so happens I live in America. I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood, and at least three times a week dream I am back there. ”

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there. ”

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way. ”