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Intv Anthony Hopkins on being given break by Laurence Olivier; 1981

Interview with Sir Anthony Hopkins speaking about how he was given his first break in acting by Laurence Olivier in Cardiff, Wales, UK; 1981 "I was given my first break, as you call it, my first opportunity by Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre and I was very arrogant, very pushy. I'd just joined the National Theatre, I'd left a very good job in Liverpool and I was there at the National Theatre to understudy and after a few weeks, I got bored and I said to the casting director 'How do you get a part in this place? You know I want to speak, I want to do some lines, I want to play a part' and she said 'But you've only been here six weeks' and I said 'Well I don't care I'll go back to Liverpool' – My God! – but anyway Olivier gave me a part in Three Sisters and I played the brother with his wife, Joan Plowright; I couldn't believe it and I had to prove myself" (BBC Wales - PEAA257B - AEWZ326B)
Interview with Sir Anthony Hopkins speaking about how he was given his first break in acting by Laurence Olivier in Cardiff, Wales, UK; 1981 "I was given my first break, as you call it, my first opportunity by Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre and I was very arrogant, very pushy. I'd just joined the National Theatre, I'd left a very good job in Liverpool and I was there at the National Theatre to understudy and after a few weeks, I got bored and I said to the casting director 'How do you get a part in this place? You know I want to speak, I want to do some lines, I want to play a part' and she said 'But you've only been here six weeks' and I said 'Well I don't care I'll go back to Liverpool' – My God! – but anyway Olivier gave me a part in Three Sisters and I played the brother with his wife, Joan Plowright; I couldn't believe it and I had to prove myself" (BBC Wales - PEAA257B - AEWZ326B)
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February 20, 1981
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00:00:39:24
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Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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