Anthony Hopkins says ‘life is ending’ as he talks about his return to Wales, sobriety and his debut album at 88 | English movie news

Hollywood legend Sir Anthony Hopkins has spoken openly about his mortality and his deep connection to Wales, admitting that although he longs to return to his home country, time may no longer be on his side. The 88-year-old Oscar winner, who has lived in the United States for more than five decades, spoke candidly in a new interview about his heritage, his sobriety and his surprising debut record deal.

Anthony Hopkins on his desire to return to Wales

During an interview with ITV News, the presenter asked Anthony Hopkins: “Is there any part of you that wishes you were still living in Wales?”The Port Talbot-born actor responded: “I haven’t been there for two years but I love going back there. I love going back to the streets. I haven’t done that for about two or three years. But I like it. “I love it, but there’s really no time.”He continued to reflect on his age and his roots. He said: “Life is ending, but I love it. And going back to Port Talbot and Margam, I wish I could get out and walk around a bit, but I’m getting too old for that.”

Anthony Hopkins reveals he ‘visits’ Wales via Google Street View

Despite becoming a US citizen in 2000, Anthony Hopkins revealed that Wales remains constantly on his mind. When asked if he often thinks about his homeland, he said: “All the time. All the time.”He admitted to using Google Street View to revisit the streets of his childhood, explaining: “You can Google things, right? I go to the streets and I go down them. Photographs of my streets in Wales or anywhere, really. But I always go back there. I would say every year, most days, I go back there. In some ways, the memories are very powerful.”

More about your surprise debut album‘Life is a dream’

Anthony Hopkins, known for his iconic roles in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, ‘Hitchcock’ and ‘The Father’, has just released his debut album, ‘Life Is A Dream’, via Decca Classics. The album brings together compositions written over six decades, paying tribute to his Welsh roots, his parents and the Port Talbot cinema where he first discovered cinema.He admitted that he never expected to sign a record deal at this stage in his life. “Living a life without total expectations, that’s when surprises happen. If you wait too long, nothing really happens,” he said, adding that the deal was “beyond belief.”Recalling his early ambitions, Anthony Hopkins said: “I mean, I can’t understand it at all. Well, that sounds a bit naïve, but music has always been a part of my life from a very early age… So I went to acting school, which was attached to the music school in Wales, and I thought, well, I’ll do it that way to get into music.” But instead I became an actor.”

Anthony Hopkins on sobriety and future plans

The actor also spoke about his long battle with alcoholism and recalled how a drink-driving incident became a turning point in his life. He said recognizing that he could have killed innocent people forced him to choose between life and death. Now sober for 50 years, Hopkins reflected on a generation of fellow British actors who once drank heavily, noting: “They’re all gone now.”Looking ahead, Hopkins revealed that he currently has three film projects in development. He is also determined to fulfill his lifelong dream of performing at Carnegie Hall in New York. “I’m going to do it. Next year,” he told the presenter.