A shekarar 1978 ya ce: 'Ka tuna: jijiyoyi ne [sic] girman kai <unk> kuna mamakin abin da mutane suke tunani game da ku; zuwa jahannama tare da su, kawai ku tsallake gefen <unk>. Babban shawara ce.<unk> Duk da nasarar da ya samu a National, Hopkins ya gaji da maimaita rawar da yake yi a kowane dare kuma yana sha'awar kasancewa a cikin fina-finai. Ya fara fitowa a kan karamin allo a cikin 1967 BBC watsa shirye-shiryen A Flea in Her Ear. Matsayi na farko da ya taka a fim ya zo ne a 1964 a cikin Changes, wani ɗan gajeren fim wanda Henley Drewe ya jagoranta, kuma James Drewe ya rubuta shi kuma James ya samar da shi tare da Jacqueline Pearce.
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