You would think that winning an Oscar would be as simple as turning in a worthy performance, but that’s not always true. Sometimes you have to schmooze your way to the top by working the room at Hollywood parties and lobbying for that little gold statue. But Anthony Hopkins has made it known that he won't stoop to those lows just for an award.
Despite the Oscar buzz surrounding his portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock, Hopkins ripped actors who try to suck up to Hollywood big shots just for an award in an interview with The Huffington Post:
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Hopkins is already an Oscar winner for his role as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, plus he has plenty of nominations to his credit, so perhaps all of that success has clued him in on the ridiculous nature of it all. We never thought we would say this, but Hopkins is starting to remind us a lot of Joaquin Phoenix.
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[via The Huffington Post]
