Anthony Hopkins Quotes

I think I have a better chance at getting an Oscar before a Grammy.

I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.

I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy.

It's nice to squash people's expectations.

I actually think I'm still quite childishly optimistic in a certain way, which is maybe why I find life quite shocking.

Gee, this isn't like I imagined it would be in the bathtub.

All I know is there's thousands of people in the Academy and a lot of them, the majority of them, haven't won Oscars.A lot of people are crying, I guess.

I've been nominated four times, never won. And the whole world is going, 'Why hasn't Winslet won one?' That's why I'm doing it. "Schindler's Bloody List," "The Pianist," Oscars coming out of their ass.

Life is like a game, Charlie Brown... Sometimes you win... Sometimes you lose." "I'll be happy if I just make the playoffs.

Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These.

The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.

I'll admit, right away, that I am disappointed that we did not have a major trophy to show for our efforts. We were in four and we had a good side, but when you count second place as failure, then standards are becoming fantastically high. We never celebrate second place here.

I realised all the good ideas were taken before I was even born.

The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they’re not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide, she should have won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance. I was like, "If you’d done that in the movie, you’d have won an Oscar, girl."

The Oscars is the one night of the year when you can see all your favorite stars without having to donate any money to the Democratic Party

They tell you to be careful because maybe you don't want to meet your heroes. I've met pretty much every one, and I've never been let down.

I think a lot of people have had their eyes open, shocked that the team they thought they were on didn't exist, and that the games were not being played to win. I guess it's shocking to a lot of people.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

I had no expectation about getting a nomination, but I was watching nonetheless. My wife and my son got really excited. I was sort of surprised — I was like, 'Oh, wow.' And I couldn't hear the latter part of my name.

I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.

First of all, people were not expecting [Donald Trump] to win. I still think they're in shell-shock four months later. Get over it.

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

Life is not what you expected it to be.

[To reporter who telephoned with news of her Oscar:] If you are joking me, I will get up immediately and kill you wherever you are.

This supposed to be yall year? We aint get the memo.