Anthony Hopkins Quotes

There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

When they came to you for your line, you had to be ready and you had to get it in one.

Acting takes so much energy.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

I learn the lines and pray to God.

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

I'm just an actor.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

I'm an actor who appreciates direction.

As an actor, you can do everything. I grew up in the theater, and you could do a musical, a comedy, a tragedy.

I used to think acting was really difficult.

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

It's not easy, acting.

I am an actor, I can do any role.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.

You'll get, like, 10 pages of sides the night before, and you have to go in and just wing it. For someone like me, I came from the theater, and I don't like putting anything up in front of anybody until it's really, really ready, so it can be very frustrating.

I thought acting was just going on and remembering all of one's lines.

At the end of the day, you're saying lines and playing pretend. All that varies from show to show is the level of the intensity and the terms of the expectations you place on yourself.

I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.