By Movieguide® Staff
Despite life’s challenges, Sir Anthony Hopkins has never felt like a victim.
“I never felt like a victim, and I’ve got that attitude today. Get on with it. Stop complaining,” the actor said during an episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast.
Hopkins pointed to his 2014 diagnosis of Asperger’s, saying he’s still unsure if he actually has the condition, as he believes “it’s just being human.”
“I don’t know what it is,” he continued. “I just feel like everyone else. I’m confused, as we all are. We’re all sitting here thinking we got answers. We got labels for everything. Dyslexia, whatever. I don’t know. Just human.”
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The SILENCE OF THE LAMBS actor touched on the subject in an interview with The Sunday Times, saying, “It’s all rubbish. ADHD, OCD, Asperger’s, blah, blah, blah. Oh G**, it’s called living.”
Hopkins’ wife once hypothesized he was on the autism spectrum, as he is “obsessed with numbers. I’m obsessed with detail. I like everything in order. And memorizing,” but the actor rejected the idea.
“It’s just being a human being, full of tangled webs and mysteries and stuff that’s in us. Full of warts and grime and craziness, it’s the human condition,” Hopkins continued. “All these labels. I mean, who cares? But now it’s fashion.”
Hopkins is currently promoting his memoir, We Did OK, Kid, where he recounts his life as an actor, as well as his struggle with alcoholism.
“That’s the ugly side of alcoholism,” he shared in an excerpt given to the BBC. “It brought out a brutal side of me. I’m not proud of it at all.”
Everything changed for the Oscar winner in 1975, when he drove his car through LA in a “complete alcoholic blackout.” Hopkins realized he was “out of control” and easily could have killed someone.
“Suddenly, something said ‘it’s all over, now you can start living’… the craving left and it’s never come back,” he said.
Hopkins, at age 87, has also been reflecting on his life, telling the BBC, “Most of my friends have died, they’re gone, God bless them. I hope to be around a little longer. But even that, I’m thinking, ‘oh well, I had a good time.’”
“What are we doing here, what are we?” the actor asked. “We can’t explain anything about ourselves. We may have fancy ideas…what’s that all about? We’re nothing finally, and yet we’re everything.”
Hopkins’ reflections on his life and legacy are a moving reminder that the right mindset can help you overcome any set of circumstances.
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