Anthony Hopkins at the opening of Sami Hayek’s show “Frequency” at Christie’s in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, 2023.Photo:Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
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Anthony Hopkinsis supporting the arts.
Hopkins smiled as he and Arroyave, 67, posed for photos during the event both solo and with the artist, as well as with Salma, 57, her husbandFrançois-Henri PinaultandDemi Moore.
At the event, Sami told PEOPLE about finding support from friends in Los Angeles.
“I have had a very blessed life because I know people from all walks of life, and what I value in any people, regardless of their background or regardless of what they do or if they’re successful in their field or not, I pretty much value authenticity,” he said.
“I really value people who have the courage to be an individual, and this city is blessed with all of that,” added Sami.
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Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Salma Hayek and Stella Arroyave at the opening of Sami Hayek’s show “Frequency” at Christie’s in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, 2023.Monica Schipper/Getty
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To celebrate hisOscar win forThe Fatherback in April 2021, Salma posted avideo on Instagramof herself and Hopkins sharing a dance during a sweet moment captured at the actor’s home in Wales.
Set toLeonard Cohen’s"Dance Me to the End of Love," the video began with Hopkins moving around before Salma appeared and danced next to him. The pair then hugged as the clip came to a close.
“Celebrating with the king @anthonyhopkins 👑 his 2nd Oscar for his extraordinary performance in The Father,” Salma wrote with the post.
Sharinga photo of the pairseemingly taken during the same meetup, Hopkins wrote in September 2022, “Happy birthday, Salma. Your beauty and grace is incomparable. We love you.”
The actor also appears in the filmOne Lifeas Britain’sSir Nicholas Winton, a man credited with organizing a rescue operation that brought roughly 669 children from then-Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia to England in the months leading up to World War II in 1939. The movie premiered at theToronto International Film Festival.
Anthony Hopkins with wife Stella Arroyave at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony Sept. 24, 2003.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
“I didn’t realize that it was a kind of condition — mental, physical, emotional condition calledalcoholism, oraddiction,” Hopkins said in the video. “And I’m not an expert on drugs — I’m not an expert on anything. I know nothing. Except I have found a life where no one bullies me.”
“I want to say to all you young people who are being bullied, take heed — you be proud of yourself,” he continued. “Don’t listen to them. Don’t let yourself be put down. Depression is part of being alive, sometimes [as is] anxiety. Life is tough.”
source: people.com
