Hopkins: My success was a fluke

Legendary Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins' ultra successful movie career is purely down to luck, he insists.

Legendary Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins' ultra successful movie career is purely down to luck, he insists.

The Oscar-winning actor - who carved a name for himself with blockbusters like Silence of the Lambs and The Remains of the Day - is convinced his acting skills pale in comparison with other legendary thespians.

He says: "Most of it was luck. I've never really considered myself as a great actor at all. I look at my contemporaries in the London theatre and they're much more skilled than me; people like Judi Dench. I'm just a kind of fluke."

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