Anthony Hopkins
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But he was worried because, and quite reasonably, he'd spent a bit of money to give me an education and I wasn't capable of meeting that standard.
I couldn't understand anything.
My brain was sort of cut off.
I remember taking a slight move away.
I said, one day I'll show you.
My father looked at me.
He said, well, I hope you do.
At that moment, what I decided was to stop playing the game of being stupid and a dummy.
But we step into circles of energy which are negative.
And we play a role because it's easy to say, well, you know, I'm not, you know, it's not meant for me.
Well, there's a truth in it.
But at the same time, you have to say, wake up and live now.
Act as if it is impossible to fail.
And that's what I did.
No.
I think as a 17-year-old boy who didn't know anything really, something sparked me and I got a scholarship.
to an acting school in South Wales.
I'd never acted in my life.
But I did an audition.
And they gave me a scholarship.