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Anthony Hopkins Calls The Press "Pygmies" For Patriotic Slap

Posted by Fara Kearnes on August 14, 2007 2:13 PM |

Anthony HopkinsIt's not nice to piss off Hannibal: Sir Anthony Hopkins is calling the British Press "Pygmies" for criticizing him because he became an America citizen in 2000 and moved to Santa Monica, California.

The Welsh-born Hopkins says, "They can't stop themselves, some newspaper reporters, calling and asking if I feel I have let my country down by leaving it. 'F**k off,' I told the last one. 'Why don't you go and do something for your country?'

The 69-year-old legend who donated £1 million ($2 million) to his native country's National Trust's Snowdonia Appeal, claims he was even criticised for winning an Oscar for his role in "The Silence of the Lambs".

"And these pygmies talk to me of patriotism. I remember even being attacked by some newspapers when I got an Oscar! I certainly don't feel sorry for myself but I was not going to hang around (in the U.K.). That's why I keep coming back (to the U.S.)."

Describing the U.S. as a 'can-do country', he adds, "It's got its problems, some big, but at least they say, 'We'll give it a go'.



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