Anthony Hopkins' least favourite kind of actor
Anthony Hopkins' least favourite kind of actor is the "method actor" because he says they're a pain in the ass, and they don't always yield good performances.
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Sun 19 January 2025 6:30, UK
Anthony Hopkins has been an actor for more than six decades, during which time he has worked with a wide range of performersâfrom seasoned A-listers to newcomers just starting their careers. Having honed his craft across stage, television, and film, heâs witnessed a vast array of acting styles and approaches. However, there is one type of actor that has always irritated himâand he has never been shy about voicing just how much they annoy him.
In 2012, Hopkins played legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in a movie about the making of his seminal horror movie Psycho. Hopkins knew that Hollywood magic would be involved in making him look as much like Hitch as possible, so that freed him up to pore over episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents to inhabit his voice and mannerisms as much as possible.
Eventually, Hopkins did so much preparation and got himself so thoroughly in the zone that he didnât want to see himself at any point during the production. The Oscar winner revealed, âI wouldnât even look at the monitor screens. I didnât want to see myself or hear myself. I had done enough preparation to do the part.â
One thing Hopkins didnât do, though, was insist to his co-stars, director, and crew that they should address him as Mr Hitchcock. In fact, when he was asked by HuffPost about the rumour that Daniel Day-Lewis stayed in character at all times on the set of Steven Spielbergâs Lincoln, he scoffed, âI think thatâs a lot of crap. I just donât understand that.â
To Hopkins, embracing âthe methodâ the way actors like Day-Lewis have always been known to do is pointless at best and detrimental to a film at worst. âI find itâs a waste of time because it doesnât add anything to it,â the star told Today. âItâs not a question of becoming a character. I know some actors think theyâve got to become â well, thatâs insanity because you canât. You are you, with your brain.â
Fascinatingly, Hopkins didnât always feel this way. He confessed that in his younger days, âI would complicate everything, being very method and all thatâ. However, he soon realised that it was a foolâs game and he only needed to do one basic thing to give himself the foundation for an excellent performance.
âMy only preparation is to simply learn the lines,â smiled Hopkins. âSounds very simplistic, but it is simple because Iâve been doing it for 60-odd years now.â
To be fair, Hopkinsâ opinion on method acting is born from hard experience, as opposed to a simple philosophical difference. He has worked with plenty of method actors, and more often than not, he found they made everybody on set miserable. âIâve been with actors like that, and theyâre a pain in the ass,â mused Hopkins. âThey really are. Theyâre unpleasant to work with, and I donât think theyâre always that good either.â
Ultimately, this perspective ties into Hopkinsâ overall view of acting: to him, itâs just a job. He shows up on time, delivers his lines to the best of his ability, and goes home. This straightforward, no-fuss approach has earned him two Oscars without requiring any self-inflicted torment. As he succinctly put it, âIâm certainly not going to make my life miserable just to be a character.â
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