Anthony Hopkins denies retirement from acting, says 'I enjoy working'

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor who recently won an Oscar for Best Actor at 93rd Acemy Awards, has me it clear that he has no plans to quit acting. 83-year-old actor, in an interview, said that he will continue to act in films till his health allows him to. Re on to know more about what Silence Of Lambs actor shared.

In said interview with Saga Magazine, when Sir Anthony Hopkins was asked if he h plans of retiring from acting, he immediately declined, and said, “I enjoy working. I enjoy getting out of house and doing something different, I enjoy novelty of it.” interview also mentions how Anthony Hopkins' wife, Stella Hopkins (née Arroyave), worries about his physical well-being, when he talks about continuing his acting career. actor said to magazine, “My wife Stella worries about my health and once said, ‘Do you want to keep going until you drop de?’ I replied, ‘I guess so, unless my health gives out first.’ And she said, ‘Well, that’s good, if it’s really what you want to do.’ And it is. Acting is my passion.”

Anthony Hopkins has won Oscar for Best Actor twice now, first time for his role as Hannibal Lecter in 1991 film  Silence Of Lambs, and at 93rd Acemy Awards, for his 2020 film, Far. About his role in Far, Anthony Hopkins told  magazine that he found role tough because by playing an older man in film, he actually started to feel older, which also began taking a physical toll on him. He said, “And ory I have – and it may be a cockamamie ory – is that brain is not as sharp as we think it is, so if I start to tell it I’m an old man with dementia, it will believe me. After I stopped playing part, I started feeling better and better, and thought, ‘Oh, good, I’m coming back.'”

Anthony Hopkins Movies in Recent Times

One of Anthony Hopkins' latest films, besides Far, is Elyse, which is written and directed by his wife, Stella Hopkins. Elyse was also released in 2020 and marks her directorial debut. After Elyse, Anthony Hopkins also starred in American thriller film, Virtuoso, which was released earlier this year.

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