Celebrity Anthony Hopkins has been giving interviews to several news agencies before the release of his autobiography We Did OK, Kid. It recounts his life as a loner. It also speaks of him being written off as a child in Wales and also speaks about him being bullied. The 87-year-old, who will soon turn 88 has spoken on estrangement issues with his daughter as well as his opinions on mental health that have angered some people. Different facets of his personality emerge in different interviews. 

Anthony Hopkins, with the typical deprecating attitude of the British credited his success to sheer luck when he met with the culture and media editor of the BBC. At the Beverly Hills Los Angeles meeting, he also reportedly played the piano and opened up about his childhood, including being bullied. 

He also spoke about the complexity of human beings and the reason why he left the theater for the movies, despite being a member of Lawrence Olivier’s National Theatre. He said that he could not “fit into the British theatre style” and wanted to have “a bit of a life.”

However, it was his interview with the Sunday Times that created a huge stir. The Oscar winning actor spoke about his struggles with alcoholism and also said that he often got very angry but expressed his skepticism about being neurodivergent.

He said that he was cynical about this these conditions and called them “all nonsense” and “all rubbish” mentioning conditions such as “ADHD, OCD, Asperger’s.” He said that it was called “living” and “just being a human being full of tangled webs and mysteries” as well as “full of warts and grime and craziness.”

Anthony Hopkins views on neurodiversity may upset medical professionals as well as those who suffer from such conditions.

Legendary actor Anthony Hopkins, who has given several hits such as the Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Howard’s End, The Mask of Zorro and many more has also been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.