From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm David Marquesie.

In so many of Sir Anthony Hopkins' greatest performances, he's able to suggest captivating

hidden depths to his characters. That's true whether he's playing a murderer like Hannibal

Lecter or a kindly doctor like he did in The Elephant Man. There's always a sense that these men

are thinking and feeling things that for whatever reason they're keeping to themselves.

The same can no longer be said for Hopkins. In his new autobiography, We Did Okay Kid,

the 87-year-old shares the details of his rough youth in Wales, his painful estrangement from his only child, a daughter from his first marriage, and his rise to Hollywood success.

The book also reveals a man who isn't content to merely recount what happened and when.

He's also given a lot of thought to the big questions,

the why of it all, and what it all means. And yet, even at this late stage, he remains mystified

by the sheer luck and improbability of his unlikely life. Here's my conversation with Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Thank you. life. Here's my conversation with Sir Anthony Hopkins. Hello, David. Tony Hopkins. I was wondering, do I go Sir Anthony? Is it? No, no, no.

Nice to meet you. Good to meet you. You know, I thought it might be interesting to start with a key epiphany that you write about in the book.

You know, we all have our turning points in our lives.

Would you have such a specific one and know exactly when it happened, a moment that sort of changed everything for you?

Can you tell me about what happened on December 29th, 1975 at 11 o'clock?

Well, it's almost 50 years ago. I'm always slightly reluctant to talk about it because I don't

want to sound preachy, but I was drunk driving my car here in California in a blackout, no clue where I was going.

And it was a moment when I realized that I could have killed somebody or myself, which I didn't care about, but I could have killed a family in a car, I know.

And I realized that I was an alcoholic.

And I came to my senses, and I said to an ex-agent of mine at this party in Beverly Hills,

I said, I need help.

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