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Sir Anthony Hopkins says he 'returns' to Wales 'most days' on Google Maps
Sir Anthony says his identity comes from growing up in Wales
Sir Anthony Hopkins may have left Wales to become a Hollywood star decades ago, but he says he returns home in his mind almost every day, often looking around his old neighbourhood on Google Maps.
"I go to streets and move up the street, the photographs of my streets in Wales... I'm always going back there," said the Port Talbot-born Oscar-winner.
Sir Anthony, 88, was speaking after the release of his first album that he said had been inspired by his childhood memories.
He said he was now a "bit too old" to go back to Margam, Port Talbot to walk the streets.
"I love going back to the streets," he said in an interview with ITV Wales from his home in Los Angeles.
"I wish I could just get out and walk around but I'm getting a bit too old for that," he said.
"But I'm always going back there... most days I'm back there somehow."
The Silence of the Lambs star has composed music since his childhood
Sir Anthony - who has been nominated for an Academy Award six times, winning twice, including for his role as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs - has written his own music since childhood, and began playing piano aged four.