Sir Anthony Hopkins has something to celebrate.
The 82-year-old 电影 星, widely considered one of Hollywood’s finest, took to social media on Tuesday to announce that he’s celebrating 45 多年的清醒.
He shared a happy video message 线上, adding the caption: “With gratitude, I celebrate 45 years of sobriety.”
“Hello everyone, good morning. 好, new year’s coming, it’s been a tough year,” he began in the black-and-white clip. “A lot of grief and sadness for many, many, many people. 但, 45 几年前的今天, I had a wake-up call.”
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“The Two Popes” star said he was “heading for disaster drinking myself to death” at the time and said “a little thought” came to his mind: “Do you want to live or die?”
“我说, ‘I want to live,'” Hopkins remembered. “Suddenly the relief came and my life has been amazing. I have my off days, sometimes little bits of doubt and all that, 但, all in all, I say hang in there.”
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他加了: “Today is the tomorrow you were so worried about yesterday. You young people, don’t give up, just keep in there, just keep fighting. Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. That’s sustained me through my life.”
The actor concluded by promising that 2021 将 “be the best year.”
Anthony Hopkins is celebrating 45 多年的清醒. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images for CinemaCon)
Though he’s been popular for decades, 霍普金斯’ most revered work came after he kicked his drinking habit, including his Oscar-winning role in 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs” and his Emmy wins in 1976 和 1981.
Just over a year ago, the prolific movie star opened up about his alcohol abuse struggles to Brad Pitt 对于 Interview 杂志.
“I look at it, and I think, ‘What a great blessing that was, because it was painful.’ I did some bad things. But it was all for a reason, 在某种方式,” 他说. “And it’s strange to look back and think, ‘God, I did all those things?’ But it’s like there’s an inner voice that says, “It’s over. 完成了. Move on.”
