Anthony Hopkins
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I was in the theatre, the National Theatre, playing Andre in Laurence Olivier's production of Three Sisters by Chekhov.
Knock on the door at the end of the evening, we should be there, Peter O'Toole.
Now that's weird.
And he said, I want you to do a film test for me.
It's a film with Catherine Hepburn called The Lion and Winter.
Yeah.
So I showed up and did the test.
He said, right, you've got it.
You've got the part.
And he'd had a few to drink and we had a few to drink of that day.
Now that's beyond explanation to me.
And when I look at that film, which I do occasionally, I think...
How on earth did that happen?
Why me?
I don't know to this day why.
And I am what I am and I do what I do because I love doing it.
It's all in the game.
Wonderful game called life.
No sweat, no big deal.
There are no big deals.