Is Hopkins a great actor? He's been great - Silence of the Lambs, Howard's End - but a lot of dreck. Hollywood thinks he's great - Hollywood is like that. It was Hollywood who kept his career going when he walked out of the National in the 1970s.
Hopkins always seemed like he had his head in the clouds. This confirms it. Internal. Quiet. A loud alcoholic.
The book livens up in some spots - being sledged by Paul Sorvino making Nixon, discussing his process in Silence of the Lambs. I wish there had been more of that. But I think he lives in Hopkins land. This is low on anecdotes and actors insights.
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