I've had no contact with my daughter for years. That's her choice. Anyway, you move on. If people don't want to bother with me, fine. You know, God bless them, and move on.
Anthony HopkinsRead
I was hell bent on destruction... it was like being possessed by a demon.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects a struggle with inner demons and the destructive path one can take when consumed by negative thoughts or emotions.
In this quote, Anthony Hopkins expresses a powerful internal battle with destructive impulses that felt overwhelming and uncontrollable, comparable to being overtaken by a malevolent force. This metaphor highlights the profound impact that our darker sides can have on our choices and actions, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and confronting these struggles in order to regain control and find redemption.
Themes
DestructionInner DemonsStruggleRedemptionNegative Power
In practice
Example use cases
Sharing this quote during a mental health talk to highlight the importance of acknowledging our inner battles.
More from Anthony Hopkins
All quotes →It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.
Anthony HopkinsRead
I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I suppose I'm blessed and cursed by the fact I have that freedom.
Anthony HopkinsRead
At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day.
Anthony HopkinsRead
I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.
Anthony HopkinsRead
I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated and I've never been really close to anyone.
Anthony HopkinsRead
Similar quotes
The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins.
I. F. StoneRead
There has been only one war fought literally worldwide, affecting every living thing, and that has been men's all-out, non-stop, millennia-long war against women, a war that not only continues to this moment without the slightest abatement but intensifies hourly.
Sonia JohnsonRead
So long as our Corps fields such Marines, America has nothing to fear from tyrants, be they Fascists, Communists or Tyrants with Medieval Ideology. For we serve in a Corps with no institutional confusion about our purpose: To fight! To fight well!
Jim MattisRead
It was incomprehensible to me that someone who had never seen me before, someone who knew absolutely nothing about me, would want to inflict pain upon me for no other reason than the color of my skin.
Daryl DavisRead
Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of stark terror and pain.
Christopher HitchensRead
It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one.
Azar NafisiRead