{"id":865298,"date":"2026-08-23T08:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/865298\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:06:12","slug":"hopkins-talks-cutting-down-shouty-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/865298\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopkins Talks Cutting Down Shouty Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sony Pictures Classics<\/p>\n

In a recent video interview with newspaper The New York Times, Sir Anthony Hopkins discussed how he never put up with bullying on a film set by a filmmaker.<\/p>\n

Talking about tyrannical directors back in his younger days, he indicated he\u2019d only met a few in his time, and he \u201cwould confront them in no uncertain terms\u201d and he \u201cwouldn\u2019t put up with it\u201d.<\/p>\n

He then spoke about one time he saw a director shouting at a young actress while giving her notes and had to step in, as no film or its perceived importance was worth allowing someone to be humiliated on set:<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember working with a director who was giving notes to a young woman, a fine actress, and he started shouting at her. I said, \u2018Hold it. You raise your voice one decibel to this lady, and I\u2019m going. And you, my dear, should leave as well\u2019.<\/p>\n

She said afterwards, \u2018Thank you\u2019. I said, \u2018How long has he been doing that?\u2019 She said, \u2018For the whole film \u2018, and I said, \u2018You should\u2019ve told me\u2019. I can\u2019t even remember the director; I think he\u2019s gone now. But no, I defend people. Don\u2019t raise your voice. It\u2019s a film, it\u2019s a stupid film, that\u2019s all it is. It\u2019s not important. Doing take after take after take after take, who cares?\u201d<\/p>\n

The video has inspired not just plenty of praise but an uptick in a recounting of famous stories of actors defending either themselves or other actors from directors who bullied them.<\/p>\n

Sir Anthony Hopkins says he never tolerated tyrannical directors who believed they could bully actors on set.<\/p>\n

He recalls one director who started shouting at a young actress while giving her notes. Hopkins immediately stepped in.<\/p>\n

\u201cHold it. You raise your voice one decibel to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/FUkvwPjt3o<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u200f\u064b (@Dejisco29) August 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n