{"id":238427,"date":"2019-12-07T13:40:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T18:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=238427"},"modified":"2021-09-26T18:21:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:21:56","slug":"actors-are-pretty-stupid-says-sir-anthony-hopkins-and-they-prove-him-right-every-single-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/actors-are-pretty-stupid-says-sir-anthony-hopkins-and-they-prove-him-right-every-single-day\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Actors are pretty stupid,\u2019 says Sir Anthony Hopkins \u2013 and they prove him right every single day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>It\u2019s time to listen to the opinion of people using their brains. That means philosophers, spiritual leaders, poets, authors, and not stupid actors or singers just saying on the screen what was written by others.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sir Anthony Hopkins, of \u2018Silence of the Lambs\u2019 and \u2018The Two Popes\u2019 fame, says he keeps his political opinions to himself for good reason. Other, more outspoken performers may want to take a page from his wise book these days.<\/p>\n<p>Winner of the Academy Award for his memorable portrayal of Hannibal Lecter, Sir Anthony is no fan of opinionated actors, and he doesn\u2019t count himself as one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any opinions,\u201d Hopkins told fellow celebrity Brad Pitt for Interview Magazine. \u201cActors are pretty stupid. My opinion is not worth anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins, 81, said he\u2019s often asked for his opinion on developments in the world, but he\u2019s not as eager to answer as other celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no controversy for me, so don\u2019t engage me in it, because I\u2019m not going to participate,\u201d the actor said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-ed\/475257-actor-stupid-hopkins-politics\/?fbclid=IwAR3F6kRgaav9OjEtvjOhnZOYOiD2y_4IQv_GQFgRdht4ADELNhp9IiBaTkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-ed\/475257-actor-stupid-hopkins-politics\/?fbclid=IwAR3F6kRgaav9OjEtvjOhnZOYOiD2y_4IQv_GQFgRdht4ADELNhp9IiBaTkY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: It\u2019s time to listen to the opinion of people using their brains. That means philosophers, spiritual leaders, poets, authors, and not stupid actors or singers just saying on the screen what was written by others. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":337410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}