Anthony Hopkins He can still remember the exact moment he realized he was on a dark path.
“I’m always kind of reluctant to talk about it because I don’t want to sound preachy,” Hopkins said. The New York Times in an interview published on Saturday, October 25, detailing an incident that occurred on December 29, 1975. “But I was drunk and driving my car here in California in a blackout, with no idea where I was going, when I realized that I could have killed someone, or myself, which I didn’t care about, and I realized that I was an alcoholic.”
He continued, “I came to my senses and said to an ex-agent of mine at this party in Beverly Hills, ‘I need help.’ It was exactly 11 o’clock—I looked at my watch—and here’s the scary part: A deep, powerful thought or voice spoke to me from within and said, ‘It’s all over. Now you can start living. And it’s all been for a purpose, so don’t forget for a moment.'”
When asked for clarification about the “voice,” Hopkins noted that it originated “from within” him.
“But it was vocal, masculine, reasonable, like a radio voice,” he explained. “The desire to drink was take it from me, or leave it. Now I have no theory except divinity or that power we all have within us that creates us from birth, life force, whatever it is. It’s a conscience, I think. That’s all I know.”
While promoting her upcoming memoir, “We Did OK, Kid,” on Nov. 4, Hopkins opened up about her relationship with her estranged daughter and her efforts to reconnect.
“My wife, Stella (Arroyave)sent an invitation to come and see us,” he said. “Not a word of response. So I think, okay, fine. I wish him the best, but I’m not going to waste blood on it. If you want to waste your life in resentment, well, go ahead. It is not to my knowledge. It might carry resentment for the past, but that’s death. You are not living. You have to admit one thing: that we are imperfect.”
He continued: “We’re not saints. We’re all sinners and saints or whatever. We do the best we can. Life hurts. Sometimes people get hurt. Sometimes we get hurt. But you can’t live like that. You’ve got to say: Get over it. And if you can’t get over it, well, good luck to you. But I haven’t done what I could have done. That’s all I want to say.”
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When asked if she hopes her daughter will read her memoir, Hopkins replied, “I’m not going to answer that. No, I don’t care.” As the reporter shared that they would “move on” from the matter, Hopkins admitted, “Please. I want you to. Because I don’t want to hurt her.”
Hopkins has been married three times, initially tying the knot Petronella Barker in 1966. The couple, who share a daughter Abigail, separated in 1972. The following year, Hopkins exchanged vows with Jennifer Lynton. After splitting from Lynton in 2002, Hopkins said “I do” to Arroyave in 2003.
Abigail, meanwhile, shared with The Telegraph in 2006 that she would “possibly” be open to having a relationship with her father.
“It should be a two-way thing, though,” he said at the time. “I don’t know how I’d feel about that. We’ve never been close. We’ve never talked about big life issues. Because, well, our relationship was always so sporadic. I never felt like I could talk about that kind of thing with him.”
She continued: “I love my dad. He’s been so supportive. I really wish him the best. But I’ve found some independence through my music. I need to give myself that time, to come out of the shadows.”