Hopkins kansa ya ba da rahoto game da dalilin da ya sa ya koma Amurka sau ɗaya a baya, a ƙarshen 1970s, don neman aikin fim dinsa, amma ya koma London a ƙarshen 1980s. Duk da haka, ya yanke shawarar komawa Amurka bayan nasarar da ya samu a cikin 1990s. Yana riƙe da 'yancin ɗan ƙasa na Birtaniya, ya zama dan ƙasar Amurka a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 2000, tare da Hopkins yana cewa: "Ina da' yan ƙasa biyu; kawai haka ya faru ina zaune a Amurka". Hopkins ya yi aure sau uku: zuwa Petronella Barker daga 1966 zuwa 1972; zuwa Jennifer Lynton daga 1973 zuwa 2002; kuma, tun 2003, zuwa Stella Arroyave. A Kirsimeti Hauwa'u 2012, ya yi bikin cika shekaru 10 na bikin aure ta hanyar samun albarka a wani sabis na sirri a St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire a cikin mafi yammacin Wales.
don ci gaba da aikinsa na fim