Anthony Hopkins | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
From Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sir Anthony Hopkins (We Did Ok, Kid, The Silence of the Lambs, The Father) is an Academy, Emmy, and BAFTA Award-winning actor. Anthony joins the Armchair Expert to discuss feeling othered and playing the role of the dummy in school, how growing up during a war shaped him, and a chance invitation at the YMCA that changed the trajectory of his life. Anthony and Dax talk about booking his first role the same day James Dean was killed, the advice Laurence Olivier offered after seeing him perform ...
Mentioned in This Episode
- Elizabeth Taylor (person)
- Knott's Scary Farm (product)
- Universal Horror Nights (product)
- Dak Shepard (person)
- Asperger syndrome (concept)
- Lily Padman (person)
- We Did Okay, Kid (book)
- Apple Pay (product)
- Silence of the Lambs (book)
- Hannibal (book)
- The Father (product)
- Meet Joe Black (product)
- Fracture (product)
- YMCA (company)
- The Christmas Angels (product)
- Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (company)
- Cardiff (location)
- Sandra Sheffield (person)
- Lawrence Olivier (person)
- Old Vic Theatre (company)