Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins on Desert Island Discs.

Beautiful choices-Nicolai Gedda, Liszt, John McCormack, Khachaturian, Scriabin, Bing Crosby, and The Treorchy Male Choir.

The Charlie Rose Interview

The Rosie O'Donnell Interview

Emma Thompson is the only actress who can hold her own with Hopkins.

I sent him a back scratcher and a Brut gift set.

OP- I must correct you

The CLOSETED GAY thesbian turns 86 today.

love him and Suzanne Rogers and Stefanie Powers in Hollywood Wives.

Magic is more fun when you are dead.

And your proof of this R6?

Anthony Hopkins discusses his love of classical music

Such a wonderful voice, and very on the spectrum

R7 oops. I meant Suzanne Somers

R11 on the spectrum? How?

Lol I did a double take at the suggestion he starred with Maggie from DOOL

I don't know about that, R4. Katharine Hepburn did all right in The Lion in Winter opposite Hopkins. She held her own against O'Toole too. I always forget that playing a young Richard the Lionheart was Hopkins first movie and it was Dalton's first movie role too as Philip II.

One of my favorite scenes:

I would say that Jodie Foster, Jessica Lange and Debra Winger did well too. I don't see anything special about Thompson in TROTD, she was very good in Howard's End though.

R15 That is a great scene. They were obviously lovers. The Lion in Winter's entire cast was great- O'Toole, Kate Hepburn, Hopkins, Dalton, John Castle, and Nigel Terry.

R16 To me, Thompson and Hopkins have so much more chemistry

What about the stories that he was a big homo?

I've heard that he was a big homo and I've also heard that he "kept" CZJ for a while. Obviously this had to be when she was a toddler at most so - pedo.

R18 Because he is British and sophisticated

His best performance is The Remains of the Day.

Did he ever act alongside Pia Zadora?

[quote] Lol I did a double take at the suggestion he starred with Maggie from DOOL

LOOL! :)

Who is top billed on that program?

He is Anthony Hopkins!

R23 haha Deidre Hall

Both Anthony Hopkins and Eric Porter played Lear in productions of King Lear.

It was funny when Goop pronounced his name as "Antony" at the Oscars. Later on he said he had no idea why she said it that way. He always goes by "Tony" or "Anthony" to people who know him. Goop fucked up trying to sound posh and English. I think she was with Chris Martin at the time and used to go around pontificating about the superiority of British dinner guests and their conversational skills.

I wonder what is behind his falling out with his daughter

He loves cats ergo I love him

Thespian.

Isn’t Danny Thomas one?

[quote]Did he ever act alongside Pia Zadora?

They did The Owl & the Pussycat on the Kenley circuit.

He was still drinking heavily when he walked out on his daughter and his daughter's mother. I'm sure he must have been a big, drunk asshole at the time. Why he cut the girl off as an adult is anybody's guess. He got her two roles in movies he was in. Now she's an acting teacher? Trading off of his name, no doubt and upon their "reunion" she probably expected to be movie-star rich. He doesn't strike me as financially generous but he does say that his wife enjoys spending his money.

It sucks to take it out any grandchildren he may have but he's a cold fish, our Mr. Hopkins.

Told this story here before, but a thousand years ago I worked at a very fancy restaurant and Hopkins and his wife were regulars. He was the kindest, gentlest man. We all loved him. He remembered the staff's names. And what we were doing in our lives. Always asked. He was just the best.

I remember when I heard he had no contact with his kid(s), I was shocked. Of course, I know how one is in public is often different than at home. But dammit, I wished he was my dad just from the multiple times I served him!

To give a proper example: Anthony Hopkins IS on the autism spectrum.

So, he's like Zendaya for eldergays?

Brilliant actor, humble man.

He is a wonderful man to work with. I have nothing bad to say about him. A class act.

He hit me in the head with a fondue pot.

Sizemeat verificata? ^^^

Hopkins is terrific playing unlikeable, despicable men.

He should have won the Oscar for The Remains Of The Day as well.

One of the very best ever!

[quote]His very first film was The Lion in Winter. Ever since, he has never stopped working

His acting career didn't begin with his first film.

When he was a Guest Programmer on TCM, he told Robert Osborne his favorite actor was Humphrey Bogart.

Love him, a real treasure.

I also liked him in Nixon.

I'm not sure his Hitler was a career high point.

I first saw him in a BBC production of War And Peace on American (PBS) TV, playing Pierre. That's still my favorite performance of his.

[quote]Sizemeat verificata? ^^^

Oh, dear.

Before 1990, he was a respected English character actor. After 1991, he became a star.

He was only in 12 out of the 150 minutes of the Silence of the Lambs.

Dead serial misogynist Sean Connery could never.

R50 Screen Time Central lists him as being on screen for 25 minutes out of the 118 minutes run time. He definitely stole the shoe though

[quote] stole the shoe though

Second-rate shoes.