It may be hard to believe, but even Sir Anthony Hopkins doubts himself sometimes.
"There’s a part of me which says, ‘you didn’t write that,’” he recalls of composing his debut album, "Life Is a Dream." "What’s it called? Impostor syndrome."
Thankfully, it did not stop him from finishing the collection of 12 compositions he crafted over six decades.
Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and recorded at London's Alexandra Palace in April, it will be released by Decca Records on Aug. 21.
"My first love, or vocation really, is music,” said the 88-year-old actor. "That sounds very official, but I was raised with a lot of music (of the) postwar years, and it influenced me. And I started playing the piano when I was quite young.”
