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oscar winning actor anthony hopkins Remembers criticizing a young co-star for acting like James Dean,
87 year old acting iconKnown for his role as Hannibal Lecter In the silence of the Lambs (1991), cites legends such as Laurence Olivier and Katharine Hepburn as influences on his career.
Meanwhile, Hopkins has worked with a number of modern superstars, from Brad Pitt to Nicole Kidman and Ryan Gosling. of the New York Times Interview Podcast that he has “nothing but praise” for them.
However, Hopkins had less kind words to say about an unnamed Canadian actor whom he attempted to mentor on set.
“I was working with a young actor a few years ago, a young Canadian actor who looked a bit like James Dean. I think he thought he Was James Dean,” said elephant man star.
“We were doing a scene together and I said: ‘I can’t hear a word you’re saying. Why are you mumbling?'” he said.
“I didn’t want to spoil his day, but I said: ‘If you do that, they’ll go to the pub next door, because you’ve got to tell us the story. Speak up. Be frank. Hanging around like Backstreet Marlon Brando won’t help your career at all.'”
Hopkins casually commented in the interview, “Never heard of him since.”
Last year, Hopkins told associated Press He believes that acting is much “easier” for him now.
“As you grow up, you have a little more knowledge about life. When you’re young, you think you know a thing or two, but you don’t. When you get to my age, you know a few tricks to make a living,” he said.
His acting “tricks” are simple: “Just learn the lines, show up and try to be genuine.”
Elsewhere in his interview with new York TimesHopkins has spoken openly about his struggle with alcohol addiction. actor Quiet for almost 50 years now,
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He said, “I was drunk and driving my car in the dark here in California, with no idea where I was going, and that’s when I realized I could have killed someone, or myself, that I didn’t care about.”
“I came to my senses and said to one of my ex-agents at this party in Beverly Hills, ‘I need help.'”
star of Father He said he then had a “scary” moment when he heard a “vocal, male, proper, like a radio voice” talking to himself and he immediately lost his desire to drink.
He said: “It was exactly 11 o’clock – I looked at my watch – and this is the scary part: some deep, powerful thought or voice spoke to me from inside and said: ‘It’s all over. Now you can start living. And it’s all been done for a purpose, so don’t forget a single moment of it.'”