10 Stars with Dyslexia
Anthony Hopkins, considered by some to be one of the greatest living actors, said that he had to sometimes memorize scripts as many as 250 times in order to learn them. Hopkins also said that he struggled in school as a teenager and became frustrated in academics, which allowed him to focus on acting.
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December 3, 2013Citation:
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