Anthony Hopkins Quotes

I want to be like Bradley Cooper when I grow up.

One day I want to be like Will Smith.

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

When I saw 'Independence Day,' I said, 'I want to be like Will Smith.' I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.

I love all the 'Twilight' characters. I can watch Kristen Stewart and think, 'I want to be that role someday.'

I never dreamed of being in Hollywood.

Every time I see Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie, I'm like, 'Dude, you're awesome. I want to be just like you when I grow up.'

Will Smith has always been an inspiration for me.

I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game.

I had always wanted to be on TV; my mom told me that when I was little, I told her I wanted to be a 'modeler,' because that's what I called actors on TV.

I see L.A. as a workplace rather than somewhere to live. If I don't get out, I go crazy. If you have a little success, people treat you differently, so it's good to keep a healthy perspective. It's acting, not rocket science.

I'd love the career of Julie Walters. As a man.

I have lots of ambitions. I'd love to do theatre. I'd like to be in 'Tea With Mussolini 2;' I'd like to touch Meryl Streep - which would involve being with her in some exotic location. I have lots of fantastical dreams.

I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who does good things for the world, but I don't want to be a movie star like that.

I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

I live right under the Hollywood sign, so that every day when I drive home I'm reminded of why I'm here.

It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar.

I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.

Everybody says, 'You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.' I say, 'Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.'

When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood - and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii.

A man becomes what he dreams. And I dreamed of being in the movies. I was brought up on Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, and Cary Grant.

I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old.

I always wanted to be a star.

Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters.

When I was younger, I looked to actors like they were from another planet. You couldn't believe you could be anywhere near that world. It was exciting. I kind of like that.