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[English]

It's

>> Hi, how are you?

>> Hello.

>> Even in Los Angeles, Sir Anthony Hopkins

gets noticed.

>> I guess that happens all the time.

>> We're meeting in Hollywood as one of

Britain's finest acting experts

publishes his autobiography, We Did

Okay, Kid.

>> What have you learned about yourself,

about the world?

>> Enjoy it now before it's too late. Just

enjoy it as much as you can. Life is

tough. Stop winging on about it all all

the time.

From his very first film, Hopkins proved

himself. Couldn't believe a baker's son

was making a movie with Katherine Hburn.

She told him he was good.

>> He's an actor known for his emotional

depth and psychological insight as the

doctor who becomes a friend and

protector to John Herz's Elephant Man

and of course in the role he calls

life-changing that won him his first

Oscar.

>> Closer. as Hannibal Lectar opposite

Jodie Foster. He was bone chilling. The

serial killer is a monster. But

>> the more still you are and deadly,

that's terrifying.

>> It is.

>> You're not real FBI, are you? All the

way to the FBI.

>> That's scary.

>> It is.

>> And you realize that there's a

diabolical monster inside. And we all

have that.

Despite his success, he had his demons.

>> I do not crave for booze.

>> And playing a drunken actor on TV was

close to home. Getting drunk, he says,

was the only way he could feel normal.

But it turned him nasty until

>> I was lucky to hear a little voice, one

day it's going to kill you. Uh, and

because I was beginning to lose control

of my life really. I mean, I would uh

pick fights with people.

>> Where did that rage come from? from

inside my own security insecurities of

being bullied at school over us. So I

was driving my car in a complete

alcoholic blackout and I could have

killed someone. It was December of 1975

and I said to somebody, I need help. The

craving left. I just never come back.

>> And now looking back through your life,

what are your biggest regrets? What are

the things that you

>> people have hurt over the years? The

stupid things they did. Playing King

Leah made him understand how much he had

hurt his own daughter Abigail, who he

walked out on when she was one, and he

was in the depths of alcoholism. He

didn't want to talk about her in our

interview. In the book, he calls their

ongoing arangement a tremendous source

of pain that broke his heart.

[Music]

More recently, he's had to come to terms

with losing his LA home in the fires

earlier this year. We lost the two

pianos and fire. They're all under the

rubble. So, I play every day. Got to

enjoy life.

>> He played us one of his own

compositions. This talented musician,

artist, and actor seems at 87 still

mystified by all he's achieved.

Looking back to that photograph, I look

back now at that little confused by and

I I said, "We did okay, kid. We were

okay."

>> Katy Razle, BBC News, Los Angeles.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
enjoy /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/ A1	verb - to take pleasure in something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the state of being alive
actor /ˈæktər/ A1	noun - a person who acts in films, television, or theater
role /roʊl/ A2	noun - a character played by an actor
emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənl/ A2	adjective - relating to emotions
depth /dɛpθ/ B1	noun - the quality of being deep
psychological /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ B2	adjective - relating to the mind or mental processes
monster /ˈmɑnstər/ A2	noun - a large, ugly, and frightening creature
terrifying /ˈtɛrɪfaɪɪŋ/ B1	adjective - extremely frightening
craving /ˈkreɪvɪŋ/ B1	noun - a strong desire for something
alcohol /ˈælkəˌhɒl/ A2	noun - a liquid that can make people drunk
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B1	noun - a feeling of sadness about something that happened
achieve /əˈtʃiːv/ B1	verb - to succeed in doing something
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ A2	adjective - unable to think clearly
composition /ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/ B2	noun - a piece of music or writing
mystified /ˈmɪstɪfaɪd/ C1	adjective - puzzled or confused

Key Grammar Structures

• Even in Los Angeles, Sir Anthony Hopkins gets noticed.

  ➔ Present Simple Tense for general truths

  ➔ It expresses a habitual or universal truth that Sir Anthony Hopkins is often noticed even in Los Angeles.

• Life is tough.

  ➔ Simple Present for States/Descriptions

  ➔ It describes a general truth about life being difficult or hard.

• Stop winging on about it all the time.

  ➔ Imperative form for commands and advice

  ➔ It is a command or informal advice telling someone to stop complaining or talking endlessly about something.

• He was bone chilling.

  ➔ Past Simple tense for descriptions of past states or feelings

  ➔ It describes a feeling or sight from the past, indicating something extremely frightening or intense.

• Getting drunk, he says, was the only way he could feel normal.

  ➔ Past Simple with modal verb 'could' for ability in past

  ➔ It indicates that in the past, his ability to feel normal was only possible through drinking alcohol.

• Playing King Leah made him understand how much he had hurt his own daughter Abigail.

  ➔ Past Simple with causative 'made' followed by base verb

  ➔ It shows that playing the role of King Leah was a factor that led him to realize how much pain he caused his daughter.

• Looking back to that photograph, I look back now at that little confused by and I I said, "We did okay, kid. We were okay."

  ➔ Past Simple for reflection and reported speech

  ➔ It describes how he reflects on a past moment, speaking about it as a memory and summing up his feelings with reassurance.