Anthony Hopkins: ?I'm into relaxation now. Passion is a killer ? Oh God, yes ? and it implies intensity and pomposity. I don't have intensity about anything really.

LetLifeIn: Sounds exciting.

A.H.: ?Actually, I get bored easily. I've got the attention span of a hummingbird. Probably that new fangled A.D.D. I have no consistency at all. I used to think it was a curse. I'd plan to do things. You know, ?Tomorrow I'll spend 45 minutes in the gym.? But I'd look at the alarm clock and [he makes a snoring sound] go back to sleep.?

LetLifeIn: When you are not filming, how do you spend your free time?

A.H.: ?I do nothing at all. I go for a coffee or jump in the pool. It's quite a blessing. The freedom to do what I want to do.? ?I don't cook. I can't boil an egg, make a cup of tea, so I go out and have breakfast with a couple of the guys. We meet at various coffee shops and eat pancakes or whatever.?

LetLifeIn: I don't believe you. You must do something.

A.H.: ?I do read a little. I'm addicted to books. I read five at a time.?

LetLifeIn: What Kind of books do you read?

A.H.: ?Right now I'm reading August 1914, by Soljzenitzein. I've been fascinated by Russia since I was kid. I was a budding young Marxist as a boy. I used to read Trotsky's Russian Revolution.?

LetLifeIn: Anything else?

A.H.: ?Seven Lessons from Chaos. It's a long essay on the nature of life and chaos. Ahhh, not heavy stuff? [he says with a smile].

LetLifeIn: Yes, I can see that.

A.H.: ?I find by reading, it opens my mind up. Things flow in and out of it. I don't have any passions. I enjoy astronomy, reading physics. I read a wonderful book called, The Hologram of the Universe. The whole universe is one big dream, a hologram. I'm interested in that, nothing spooky. Little bits of psychology, Jungian synchronicity.?

?I'm not into the paranormal or anything. I like the occasional biographies. I'm interested in the American presidents. I've read books about Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy, Roosevelt, several on Nixon. It takes me a long time.?

LetLifein: We've read that you make about 20 million a movie. What do you do with it all?

A.H.: ?I don't have expensive tastes. ?I drive a half-gas, half-electric car. A Prius, I think it's called. I don't even know what I've got,? [he laughs] ?It's my microscopic whatever to the energy crisis. Or I'll walk. I don't have fast cars.?

?I've got a lovely piano [a Steinway] that cost a bit of cash. I don't collect paintings. I've got some things that are OK, but they're not masterpieces. They're probably junk actually. One or two nice pieces of furniture but they're probably worm eaten.?

LetlifeIn: Is there any place you'd rather be?

A.H.: ?I love California. It's so sunny and free. I'm really a beach bum, you know.

LetLifein: I don't want to sound pretentious, but how would you describe your philosophy of life?

A.H.: ?Life is chaos. Embrace the chaos, the disorder and have some fun with it. You have to live a long time to get to that place of being --that's my philosophy. <<