Sir Anthony Hopkins dreamed of becoming a musician during his younger years.
The 88-year-old movie star has enjoyed enormous success in Hollywood, winning two Academy Awards – but Anthony initially dreamed of becoming a musician and he can’t believe he’s now releasing an album.
Anthony – whose new record, Life Is a Dream, features orchestral works written across more than six decades – told ITV News: “Living the life of total non-expectation, that’s when the surprises happen. If you expect too much, nothing really happens.”
Anthony admits it’s “beyond [his] belief” that he’s signed a record deal so late in life.
He said: “I mean, I can’t understand it at all. Well, that sounds a bit naive, but music has always been a part of my life from a very early age and I won’t go into a lot of details, but ever since I was a boy and then I didn’t know what to do when I left school so I didn’t have a chance of going to music college.
“So I went to the acting college, which was attached to the music college in Wales and I thought, well, I’ll do it that way I get into music. But I became an actor instead.”
Meanwhile, Anthony previously claimed that age has made him more reflective.
The acclaimed actor explained that he’s been re-examining his younger years.
He told Sorted magazine: “I think as you get older, you do go around examining life more.
“This did make me think about my past and my parents and about all the sweet sadness of it all.”
Despite this, Anthony also thinks age has made it easier for him to find happiness in different things.
The award-winning star – who was born and raised in Wales, but now lives in California – said: “I enjoy it all more. I have a laugh now; I like watching old guys on TV, like Sinatra. And they’ve all gone too, and there’s a great victory in recognising death and mortality while I’m here.”