Michael Sheen: Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins inspired my acting career
Michael Sheen was inspired to become an actor by Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins. The Welsh actor credits his countrymen for proving to him that it was possible to become a Hollywood star as they both came from his hometown of Port Talbot. In an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper, he said: "Growing up in Wales, let alone in Port Talbot, the voice of Richard Burton is one of the most recognised there is, next to your own mother. "You grow up with it, the extraordinary myth of a man, the legend of Richard Burton. Then there's Anthony Hopkins, a man I've come to appreciate as one of...