What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

In 1993 Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. In 2007 he announced he would retire temporarily from the screen to tour around the world. It's an incredible gift.

Along with his Academy Award Hopkins has also won three BAFTA Awards two Emmys and the Cecil B. Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor of film stage and television and a composer. In 1993 Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.