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The Day Anthony Hopkins Quit Drinking | The Interview

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October 25, 2025

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The Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins talks to “The Interview” host David Marchese about his storied career, including how he created iconic characters like Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs.” Hopkins’s new memoir, “We Did OK, Kid,” dives into the actor’s tough upbringing in Wales, his estrangement from his only child and the epiphany that led him to quit drinking. Now 87, Hopkins shares how he’s wrestling with life’s big questions.

“The Interview” features conversations with the world’s most fascinating people. Each week, co-hosts David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro talk to compelling, influential figures in culture, politics, business, sports and beyond — illuminating who they are, why they do what they do and how they impact the rest of us.

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The Academy Award-winningAnthony HopkinsDavid MarcheseHannibal LecterThe SilenceLambs HopkinssWe Did OK KidLulu Garcia-Navarro

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