Anthony Hopkins Living The Life

by Gary Geyer
LetLifeIn.com: Sir Anthony, you say, you are living your life exactly as you want to. What kinds of things are you into? Do you have a passion?

Anthony Hopkins: Im into relaxation now. Passion is a killer Oh God, yes and it implies intensity and pomposity. I dont have intensity about anything really.

LetLifeIn: Sounds exciting.

A.H.: Actually, I get bored easily. Ive got the attention span of a hummingbird. Probably that new fangled A.D.D. I have no consistency at all. I used to think it was a curse. Id plan to do things. You know, Tomorrow Ill spend 45 minutes in the gym. But Id look at the alarm clock and [he makes a snoring sound] go back to sleep.

LetLifeIn: When you are not filming, how do you spend your free time?

A.H.: I do nothing at all. I go for a coffee or jump in the pool. Its quite a blessing. The freedom to do what I want to do. I dont cook. I cant boil an egg, make a cup of tea, so I go out and have breakfast with a couple of the guys. We meet at various coffee shops and eat pancakes or whatever.

LetLifeIn: I dont believe you. You must do something.

A.H.: I do read a little. Im addicted to books. I read five at a time.

LetLifeIn: What Kind of books do you read?
A.H.: Right now Im reading August 1914, by Soljzenitzein. Ive been fascinated by Russia since I was kid. I was a budding young Marxist as a boy. I used to read Trotskys Russian Revolution.

LetLifeIn: Anything else?

A.H.: Seven Lessons from Chaos. Its a long essay on the nature of life and chaos. Ahhh, not heavy stuff [he says with a smile].

LetLifeIn: Yes, I can see that.

A.H.: I find by reading, it opens my mind up. Things flow in and out of it. I dont have any passions. I enjoy astronomy, reading physics. I read a wonderful book called, The Hologram of the Universe. The whole universe is one big dream, a hologram. Im interested in that, nothing spooky. Little bits of psychology, Jungian synchronicity.

Im not into the paranormal or anything. I like the occasional biographies. Im interested in the American presidents. Ive read books about Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy, Roosevelt, several on Nixon. It takes me a long time.

LetLifein: Weve read that you make about 20 million a movie. What do you do with it all?

A.H.: I dont have expensive tastes. I drive a half-gas, half-electric car. A Prius, I think its called. I dont even know what Ive got, [he laughs] Its my microscopic whatever to the energy crisis. Or Ill walk. I dont have fast cars.

Ive got a lovely piano [a Steinway] that cost a bit of cash. I dont collect paintings. Ive got some things that are OK, but theyre not masterpieces. Theyre probably junk actually. One or two nice pieces of furniture but theyre probably worm eaten.

LetlifeIn: Is there any place youd rather be?

A.H.: I love California. Its so sunny and free. Im really a beach bum, you know.

LetLifein: I dont want to sound pretentious, but how would you describe your philosophy of life?

A.H.: Life is chaos. Embrace the chaos, the disorder and have some fun with it. You have to live a long time to get to that place of being --thats my philosophy. <<





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