Anthony Hopkins Reveals Why He Didn't Blink While Playing Hannibal | The Dick Cavett Show
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- Anthony Hopkins discusses the encounter he had that inspired his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter
Date aired - April 24, 1992
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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What's your favourite Anthony Hopkins movie?
Strange time to pin a new question
Meet Joe Black, the Worlds Fastest Indian on The Edge, and one of the Legends of the Fall.
3. Remains of the Day
2. Dracula
1. Silence of the Lambs
Mask of Zorro
Remains of the Day
So soothing watching old talkshows. Brilliant pacing and respect.
Brilliant pacing and now we have to go to a ad.
I love watching old interviews. It seems like the days before my time were more elegant and eloquent. I look around me these days and shudder.
Yes, well said! I think it comes from the origins of chat shows, which were more like dinner parties.
This one is from the beginning of the 'promo' era, where people tend to be on solely to plug their release (since this is Cavett, it's much more interesting in this case), but if you go a bit further back, stars were invited on just to give a good anecdote or two, be disarming and generally charming, as they might at a dinner party.
I think those expectations produced a concise, and, as you say, eloquent level of discourse.
What’s wrong with Ellen or jimmy fallon especially when they have guests like Kim kardashian?
What more could the heart want
@@apoc3037 😂🤣🔥🎯 👊
Anthony Hopkins at the height of his acting prowess. He deserves much respect for beating alcoholism.
@Michael O Callaghan nonsense Michael...thanks for reply...I'm 25 years sober today...the delusion that I could drink like others...Jesus Christ took away, with a spiritual experience...not me...my program is a selfless program..."self-forgetting that we find." 😃🙋💚
The alcoholic personality, is probably in the genes...my father also alcoholic...mom's brother also...other siblings in my family as well ✌
@Michael O Callaghan AA is notoriously christen orientated. Just let him have it...
"Alcoholism" doesn't exist, it's just jealousy by medical drug-pushers that they didn't invent alcohol themselves. The cure for "alcoholism" is a sleep...
AMEN AND AMEN!
Alcoholism goes deep into the body and is hard to break free from.
"It's much more fun playing the villains" says he.
Abso-lute truth.
Audio has been butchered but it's a great interview anyway. I think my favorite Hopkins film is "The Edge." He was so perfect in it.
'Remains of the Day,' they said... 'Silence of the Lambs' or 'Amistad'. All those years they laughed at me, but I knew if Iooked long and hard enough, I would eventually find the one person who felt this way.
He is a very good actor played his roles so very well, amazing actor
Back in the day where if you had a cold sore make up was like "whatever."
Thank you. That’s why I came to the comments
Damn that's a good looking man right there...
You really went to town with that audio compression.
I think it sounds more dull and low fidelity than over compressed. Sounds like an issue in the restoration of an old Tape recording or something
@Mike Greg Yeah the theme music was so much louder than the dialogue, blows your head off.
Extremely muted audio, particularly out of Anthony Hopkins. It's a shame, really, since it's a great interviewer. Cavett rules the roost.
Is that what's making me barely able to understand what they are saying! God it's like listening to a different language almost. Very weird. Thought I was going mad ironically.
Yeah the audio is DS
Back when tv hosts were well spoken and actually interested in their interview.
Sanbro Back when the average viewer‘s attention span was longer. Back when people ha time to value important things
@hunter pope What's bad about liberals?
@@lespectator4962 Go on, please name these "degenerated values"
@@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207 this is not important thing.
All they say now is; orange man bad, orange man bad, and let me think...
orange man bad.
Hopkins just hit 45 years of sobriety a month ago. He’s still acting with the best of them at age 83 with an insanely *engaging* performance in Westworld on HBO.
Westworld(the bits with Hopkins and Harris) is up there with The Soprano's and The Wire,in terms of shows I can tell are quality from TH-cam clips alone.
Pity the show itself went so spectacularly rancid.
@@johnberkley6942 yeah,in a 10min clip The Critical Drinker pretty much showed me how it fell apart,I think season 2 or 3?
Still,the Ed Harris/Hopkins clips are gold
45 years? Well done to him
@@colloquialsoliloquy3098 I think all 3 seasons are perfect, especially if you love sci fi
I worked as an extra on 'Fractures'. On the last day of filming, the director asked a court room filled with extras and Sir Anthony Hopkins to stand up, exit the court room, then reset and do it over and over again. On maybe the 7th take, without any dialogue in the take, Sir Anthony turned to the crowd and said, "Folks, I am so sorry. I'm not sure why he want's to film this in every direction, but you've been very patient, and I appreciate it." After no response from anyone, I said, "Are you kidding? You're Sir Anthony Hopkins. We'd do this all week long for nothing but bread and water if we had to!". He walked over to me and wrapped his arms around me in the sweetest bearhug I've ever received and said, "Oh, my goodness you are so sweet. Please, call me Tony." It was THEN I became too shy to speak.
Woww :)
That’s amazing! I’ve never met any celebrities let alone have a chance to work along one of the greatest talents in modern cinema history! You are a very lucky man!
What a lovely story! True greatness needs no ego.
Cool story.
I would have peed my pants
Our generation desperately needs interviewers like Dick Cavett.
Stephen Colbert
Trevor Noah is an excellent interviewer.
He interrupts too much.
@@Max-iv8pp
Nah I like Colbert but his show isn’t great. Even when interviewing Duvall he’s not that great of an interviewer
I'm absolutely obsessed with Anthony Hopkins. He's so good at what he does
Sames 😂👌
Oh yes... of course... dynamic actor 🤩
I've always considered him one of the two best actors of his generation. The other was Nichol Williamson.
He did a few bad roles.
As long as you don't try to shoot a President to impress him, it's fine.
Just got an oscar at 83. Legendary.
I wonder what they talked about.
No problem on 7.1 with bass off
😂
I thought it was me. Thank god. 😅
Underrated
😂
Credit to Anthony for giving credit to Kathy Bates on Misery. She nailed that role.
RIP anyone who made it to the end with their volume cranked. Geez
M: Think it means you need better speakers. I did turn my volume up, and after that, I had no problems.Btw, I've bought same speakers on Amazon.com for years now. Only about 20 bucks but they're great. (Bought my last pair only because I didn't realize my computer settings for audio had somehow changed. So, not a problem with the speakers. Kept them anyway because when my current speakers stop working, I have "back-up". (and, btw, would love to find speakers I could REALLY turn up. But, like tvs and DVDs nowadays, they don't give you the option. Guess they figure people are rude and might disturb their neighbors.....).
Thanks for the warning. Stopped the playback at 5:34. Safe!
I thought it was just my iPad! Thanks!
Thanks man
O gosh!
Look at the way Anthony listens when you speak; I want to be listened to that way.
Exactly. He has an amazing heart
Great acting = great listening
Be interested in things and others and not yourself and then you will be listened to.
Why do you need to be listened to?! Whatever ails you can be cured in silence. Thoughts don't speak. Human beings talk to much. Not all words are important. Most are not even necessary.
@@sanekabc Ok...that is profound. I'm not being sarcastic. Raised by a narcisstic mother with the attention span of a nat has had it's challenges. I will take this comment to heart, thank you.
anthony hopkins was honestly pretty handsom back then, i never noticed til now
Because he's Welsh
I always knew even when I was a little girl. Classy, endearing, interesting.
You are probably noticing it now because you yourself are older
@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094 Yea maybe
Andrew White watch him in THE LION IN WINTER. He was hot there.
Funny how he mentioned Kathy Bates in Misery cause I always say her Annie and his dr. Lecter are the best villains ever. Subtle madness is always scarier than chainsaws and guns. They portrayed those characters immaculately and they both won the Academy Award deservingly.
Gosh, what a handsome man he is. Full of humility and grace. Love him.
Legend has it, he invited mr cavett round for dinner after this interview.
Ate his liver with sweet bread fava beans and rice.
...and a nice, chi-anne-ti !
Fffufffuffffufffufff
I love the threads where one person after another makes a funny comment. It's like hearing a joke with multiple punchlines, each one funnier than the last. Thanks!
Sausagefest 😂
Hopkins really knows how to behave. Credit to him.
Sometimes I think Dick Cavett was like the Mr. Rogers of talk show hosts. He had such a way with people that was just so interesting to watch.
M. Douglas Miller Very well said! I agree with you.
Mr. Rogers never said the N word on camera.
@@BonusHiTops How is that relevant? It has nothing to do with my comment.
Cause he was a psychopath
That's a great way of putting it. Even as a young kid in the 70's I could tell there was something special about Cavett.
Was very lucky to have sat with him in conversation. Sir Anthony is among the most generous, most humble and softspoken men you could hope to meet. He is a treasure.
Wow!!! I'd love to meet him!
I am going to have to find someone who reads lips.
Very funny!
Me too!!!
Lol! I thought it was just me.
Closed captions work just fine.
Hopkins is one of the most attractive men in Hollywood, forget about the young pretty boys!
I totally agree. 🤗
Marla Jacques he kinda looks like my grandpa
Awh yes he looks so gorgeous
Now I'm jealous
I know what you mean... Even as a straight guy I can recognise that he has a certain undefinable charisma that sucks you in, makes you hang on to his every word. I think it's a combination of the voice and the eyes
The character he played in Magic was schizophrenic. Played brilliantly.
"Abracadabra, I sit on his knee...Presto, Change-o...now he is me...! Hocus, Pocus, we put her to bed...Magic is FUN...!...we're dead..."
Phenomenal performance. Strangely overlooked.
Magic has always been one of my favorite horror movies. His performance in it was pitch perfect--a perfectly sane fellow until he was alone with his doll. The scene where his manager Burgess Meredith challenges him to speak without the doll on his knee and he can't hold out for more than a minute is magnificent.
Yes, it was brilliant! I cannot imagine anyone else in that role. As with Hannibal Lecter - Hopkins makes a role his own completely...
For all that didnt hear, he had interviews with clinically insane people, 1 woman that repeatedly kicked his shin but pretended nothing was happening, and a coffee with a madman that constantly asked questions while never blinking, hopkins says when he noticed after 5 minutes of being berated by questions, that the man was not blinking and how it was they were manipulative and wouldnt know they we're insane until you were too close or late. He was supervised if they got out of hand
Thanks for filling in those details!
Thanks for filling in those details!
He didnt say he had interviews with them. He said they were people he had come across in life.
Everytime I see Anthony Hopkins I'm surprised he isn't bald.
Every time I look in the mirror I can't believe I am bald.
@@derickvinyard4075 😂😂
Davin Olson you and me both 😂
I’m surprised the person with him in the room doesn’t get eaten
@@NimsQuarlo you're right. So many junkies and alcoholics have great full heads of hair. I notice that a lot
Is the compression so bad the caption generator couldn't even try?
What are you all talking about?
The audio on this video is amazing.
Hints of oak and leather with a slight aroma of strawberries.
The pallette is bitter but very smooth.
Grainy texture and soft like banana skin.
This audio track is also a beautiful shade of magenta.
This was a description of my balls on your chin.
lovely
@@Labrynthetic
Yummy yummy yummy
Balls in my tummy
On a scale of 1-10, how high were you?
@@pr1m339
100% sober, my friend
You can tell this is a brilliantly well done interview and that Cavett has done his research because he knows Wales exists
if you havent seen his film magic , make sure you do, i does all the talking for the puppet as well, whoever got the oscar that year didnt deserve it, hopkins was outstanding in magic, same has he is in anything of course, hes certainly up there with olivier,
Cavatt's grandfather was Welsh.
@@jackflash743 One of my favourite A. Hopkins performance. Not just him though. I remember Ann Margaret in it?
Anthony Hopkins has incredible eyes.
Anthony Hopkins is a brilliant passionate actor. Excellent interview by Dick Cavett -one of the best talk show presenters. Intelligent and entertaining.
He does blink. After Clarice tells him he ate his trophies.
"That expires in one week, you're not real FBI are you?" winks
he does blink multiple times in the movie i watched it a week ago and looked for it.
He even blinks during the liver and fava beans line, before the tsk tsk tsk. Literally no idea how this ‘factoid’ started spreading.
@@him050 I don't think that's a blink that's more a deliberate closing of the eyes.
Not many actors like him left, a true great actor and an interest man.
Every time I see an interview with Sir Anthony Hopkins he reminds me of my father. They were both from South Wales, same age, same mannerisms and even look alike, especially around the eyes. Could watch and listen to him all day!
It was interesting to hear Cavett use the term 'race' to refer to the Welsh, I came here from Rob Rydon videos precisely because I think the Welsh look so distinct (in a perfectly good way) - even without an accent you can tell a Welshman in a way you can't with a lot of other UK regions. And as Hopkins alludes to here, they have a quite distinct character and temperament, I both admire and fear the oldschool Welsh men slightly because they're noticeably tough, attentive and with a certain amount of grit. Travelling in Wales I was struck by how worlds apart they are, as a culture and a people, from the English Southerners just a few hours away.
What a pleasure to see an interview where the interviewer doesn't act like a stupid and actually hear what the guest has to say.
I am so in love with Anthony Hopkins. He is wonderful an the greates actor.
This is almost as calm and relaxing as watching Bob Ross painting videos, and it’s an interview partially about the portrayal of Hannibal Lecter haha
LOL :)
I always had the biggest crush on him and the upmost respect for him because he is a master at his craft. His talent is up there with AL Pacino Robert Di Nero, Joe Pesci Denzel Washington, Brad pitt, Mathew McConaughey and Morgan freeman to name a few lol. He's G.O.A.T too. Very unique talent. I can listen to his soothing voice all day.
Watching old interviews you realize how dumbed down we are now, I know it's cliche to say but we're truly a society like idiocracy now, people are a joke, they just plageurize someone else's bullshit.
5:11 "You've gotten to be Hitler"
My mother was actually in that film with him (played Hilda Goebbels). Said he was one of the nicest human beings she has ever met
Are you in acting? Can you share her name so I can look her up?
I looked it up. Piper Laurie played Magda Goebbels in the 1981 Television movie "The Bunker." Am I right?
Come to think of it? Hilda could be one of the Goebbel's children? That will take some deeper dive into IMDB which I am not going to do. Just laziness, I suppose.
@@2degucitas Sharon Gunning, but that was the only thing she was ever in. She's not an actress, she just happened to get a part in that film when she was a teenager
@@nicholassmith479 Correct!
I love Anthony Hopkins. Those eyes. I love Dick Cavett, too; he is usually very good at letting people answer, not talking over them but here, he was a little off his game; I wanted to hear Anthony’s thoughts without interruption. Still love them both.
Solve Everything Yes, we have to cut people some slack. Where would I be if people never cut me any?
I guess its important that we consider these people were sometimes human and not always the mythical giants we view them as today.
Fascinating to hear these two talented people converse.
What a beautiful man
But enough about Cavett, what do you think about Hopkins?
For the record? He never revealed why he didn't blink while playing Hannibal.
I was looking for this comment hahaha thought I went mad lol
He said he met a madman who he had a drink with who never blinked. So I guess that’s where the inspiration came from.
Yea..was thinkin same thing.
Frickin first scene he blinks at least once
@@user-gg6sh7wr6d he never blinked because he was worried someone might steal his pint
It's called the "sociopath stare". Look it up. They will use & abuse you & yours, w/o a flinch.
Why this man is so handsome and elegant 😍
What a gentleman and outstanding actor. I could listen to Sir Anthony Hopkins for hours and hours, no matter what he's talking about. He is absolutely charming!
I love the question at 2:15. And I totally agree that it would be easier to play a madman with a specific voice than it is to play an ordinary man with dimensions. This is the reason I preferred Adam Driver's performance in Marriage Story over Joaquin Phoenix's Oscar-winning joker.
As a student nurse, I was required to attend a group of insane hospitalized men in a day room. I was ordered to strike up a conversation in some sort of therapeutic manner. I chose a man who looked very much like Dick Cavett. He had nothing to say to me no matter how I prattled on until finally he said, "Excuse me" and ate the lightbulb in the lamp between us. THAT spoke volumes, lol, and I popped out of the room like I was on fire!
Please improve the audio if you can.
Could you enable automatic subtitles? Thank you.
Anthony has the most handsome voice .
💯!!!
Most of today's interviewers could learn a great deal from Dick Cavett. This is how it's done people.
Academy voters are dolts. Hopkins should have won for The Remains of the Day, but lost to a political statement. His portrayal of Stevens was, I think, the best display of acting I've ever seen. It was magnificently subtle and something I think only he could have pulled off. Pay attention when he goes out of the house and has to socialize with other people in a pub or something. He's not comfortable, and you can tell. He's out of place, and for a butler, anything out of place is troubling.
He's the hottest man in the world
How lovely to hear a well-informed interviewer.
Funny how Hopkins never blinked to play a crazed serial killer and yet Michael Caine teaches people not to blink in his acting classes.
Yeah, Caine talks about how it draws you into the character, instead of being unconsciously distracted by blinking. It's also a common sign of lying, esp during eye contact. People tend to blink more when nervous. If you're really going to believe in the character an actor is playing, it needs to seem honest, real.
3:36 is what you're looking for.
Interesting to see, the conversation style and pacing is more like an episode of the JRE podcast. Maybe that's why podcasts are becoming more popular than talk shows these days. Just better to watch/listen to.
Good call
Hands down the most handsome man ever to grace a screen.
He is so charming man...
silence of the lambs is one of the best films ever made
His smile is so beautiful!
I watched "A Bridge Too Far" over the past weekend and, though his role was not as big as others, his character stands out as perhaps the most memorable. If you haven't seen this film, I would highly recommend it.
Welsh people seem to have the laid back vibe, you can see it in their eyes. What's my evidence? Well, so far, Anthony Hopkins and Harry from sidemen. I wonder if all welsh people are like that
Yes
Andrew Goodsman, now another source in the form of a TH-cam commenter, Andrew goodsman, has confirmed my assumption. The facts keep building and building - Welsh people are laid back and have "relaxed" eyes, it's as good as fact now.
@@SistoActivitatemAtm yes, look up other Welsh actors such as...
Matthew Rhys
Owen Teale
Ioan Gruffudd
Iwan Rheon
Tom Ellis
Tom Cullen
Gwilym Lee
Richard Burton
Stanley Baker
Timothy Dalton
Andy Whitfield
Richard Brake
Jonathan Pryce
Michael Sheen
Not when it comes to "Wales". The Welsh are typically EXTREMELY proud to be Welsh (nationalistic to the point of hating English people just for being English sometimes). And far from laid back when it comes to sports if Wales are playing. I speak from experience as someone who lives and has grown up in Wales.
@@RagingCookie127 Welsh people aren't nationalistic enough, hence why it's slowly having its liberty's taken away.
Hopkins is a brilliant actor!
In hindsight, Anthony said nothing of why he didn't blink. Cavett just mentioned it.
One of the greatest actors of all time
When Nickolas Meyer directed Ricardo Montalban as Khan in Star Trek II, RIcardo gave an over the top maniacal performance in the first scene filmed. Meyer went up to him (Nervously, as Meyer had done maybe two films at the time and Montalban was a Hollywood legend) and said that was good, but sometimes people are crazy and yet they don't act crazy. Montalban went into his trailer for a bit, came back out, and gave the performance that we see on film.
Interesting seeing Hopkins speak about "insanity" the way he does. I understand now he is aware of his Asperger's but during this interview i don't believe he was. I am late diagnosed with Asperger's and have always masked my traits in order to appear "Normal". I didn't know I was doing that but that's how I got along in the world. I can see the advantages that might have for someone that has found an outlet through acting. Hopkins has always impressed me with how convincing he is in his roles. He is the part he plays and of that I have no doubt. For many of us with Asperger's, we often have a funny relationship with the topic of insanity or mental health. We may go through our entire lives without knowing why we are different but we know there's something out worldly about ourselves. There is immense internal stress associated with ASD that gets concealed through a lifetime of masking. Alcohol is a common form of self medication for Aspies though it is temporary relief at best. Sir Anthony Hopkins is a remarkable man on many levels.
That first full image of his face at :09 and you see what a remarkably perfect and handsome face he has! Those pale blue eyes!
I find Hopkins cute as a button...
Best actor ever. Period. Enough said. Done. Decided. Sorted. Thank you. God bless. 👋🏻🤣
You can tell his coldsore is driving him insane during this interview.
I thought that he was on cocaine due the excessive lip biting.
Wouldn't it be great if talk shows were still like this? Thoughtful questions, engaged conversations.
Serious sound problem on what should be a great vid.
Great, thoughtful interview, even w/ the less than optimum audio track.
man cavett look 75 years old here but he was only 55 here. hopkins was a year younger but looks 20 years younger even with the gray hair
Wow
Sir Anthony Hopkins, seems to always look as if he's looking away and into something that he alone sees.
This is a man that can Act in his sleep
Hopkins is remarkably generous--and also astute--regarding the performance of fellow actors. He's right on the money here about Kathy Bates. He also sent a glowing note to Bryan Cranston for his performance of Walter White in Breaking Bad. The man is just a class act!
Howye from Galway City.....yeah, still at it here 👍🇮🇪☘🥳🍻
That's true! Scandinavian are isolated and depressed countries! I'm struggling over here!
He did blink a couple of times in the movie.
Cavett looks like Ted Bundy here.
I love Anthony Hopkins. He's a British national treasure
Is this how talkshows used to be? I mean...this is just a podcast, it's great.
He's just so lovely to look at and listen to.
That role
Was one of the best I’ve ever seen
Absolutely terrifying to know that there are humans like this
I remember noticing halfway through that meeting of Jody Foster and Anthony that I wasn't breathing or moving a muscle.
People talk about heath ledger as joker, id bet big money heath would laugh at him compared to hannible haha even tho both were great.
Hannibal Lector is his best role. But the first movie I noticed him in was "The Edge"🙃.
An old Stewie Griffen
He blinked when he first made the hiss sound.
Crazy; I watched Misery and Silence of the Lambs back to back on the same night when i was about 11
Remember...Anthony also played the first Mask of Zorro that trained Antonio Banderas
Ian McKellen
Anthony Hopkins
DDL
Gary Oldman
Christian bale.
The English actors are always far better.
Because of all the Shakespearean theatre they do all their life.