Anthony Hopkins, 83, shares the moment he receives the COVID-19 vaccination from inside his car

Anthony Hopkins, 83, shares the moment he received the COVID-19 vaccination after a year of ‘self imposed quarantine’: ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’

  • Anthony Hopkins , 83, has shared the moment he received the COVID-19 vaccination from inside his car
  • ‘Light at the end of the tunnel,’ Hopkins tweeted as he posted video of the vaccination to his Twitter account
  • In California, where Hopkins was vaccinated, there have been a total of over 3 million coronavirus cases and 38,961 deaths 
  • The actor has been counting the days spent in quarantine with silly videos posted to his Twitter account, where he jokes about losing it  

Actor Anthony Hopkins, 83, has shared the moment he received the COVID-19 vaccination after a year of ‘self-imposed quarantine.’

The Silence Of The Lambs actor wore a face shield and mask as he got vaccinated from inside his car at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.

Hopkins called the moment the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ as he posted video of the injection to his Twitter account on Friday.

‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Actor Anthony Hopkins, 83, has shared the moment he received the COVID-19 vaccination after a year of ‘self-imposed quarantine’ 

The video begins with Hopkins sitting in the passenger seat of his car, as a healthcare worker begins the injection process.

‘Here we go,’ she says, before inserting the needle into his upper arm.

Within seconds, the process was complete.

‘All done! Let me just put a band-aid, and I need to hand you over your vaccination card,’ she says. 

'Here we go': The video begins with Hopkins sitting in the passenger seat of his car, as a healthcare worker begins the injection process

‘Here we go’: The video begins with Hopkins sitting in the passenger seat of his car, as a healthcare worker begins the injection process

Good for him! Hopkins sat patiently in the passenger seat of the car as the vaccine was injected into his upper right arm

Good for him! Hopkins sat patiently in the passenger seat of the car as the vaccine was injected into his upper right arm 

Appreciation: Hopkins was effusive in his gratitude for the healthcare system as he posted the video to his Twitter account

Appreciation: Hopkins was effusive in his gratitude for the healthcare system as he posted the video to his Twitter account

‘Thank you,’ Hopkins tells her. 

‘You okay? You didn’t pass out on me, right?’ she asks jokingly.

‘No!’ Hopkins replies.

Hopkins was effusive in his gratitude for the healthcare system as he posted the video to his Twitter account. 

'You didn't pass out on me?' The healthcare worker jokingly asked after the injection was complete

‘You didn’t pass out on me?’ The healthcare worker jokingly asked after the injection was complete

Tragic milestone: In California, where Hopkins was vaccinated, there have been a total of over 3 million coronavirus cases and 38,961 deaths

Tragic milestone: In California, where Hopkins was vaccinated, there have been a total of over 3 million coronavirus cases and 38,961 deaths

‘THANK YOU (prayer hands emoji) PublicHealth.LA.Gov, CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, and my dear friend, Dr. Maria Teresa Ochoa,’ he wrote. ‘Light at the end of the tunnel (after one year of self imposed quarantine).’

In California, where Hopkins was vaccinated, there have been a total of over 3 million coronavirus cases and 38,961 deaths.  

Since entering his self-imposed quarantine, Hopkins has been entertaining Twitter followers with silly videos of himself on the brink of losing it as he counts down the days until the end of the pandemic.   

Losing it: Hopkins has been entertaining his Twitter followers with silly videos of himself on the brink of losing it as he counts down the days until the end of the pandemic

Losing it: Hopkins has been entertaining his Twitter followers with silly videos of himself on the brink of losing it as he counts down the days until the end of the pandemic 

In November, he shared a video of himself manically laughing as he endured yet another day in isolation.

‘Day 253 in quarantine… I’m beginning to feel it’s side effects. What do you think?’ he asked.  

The actor shared yet another video of himself cracking under quarantine as he painted away on his canvas over the summer.   

‘174 days in quarantine. And on to 175 days in quarantine. And tomorrow. And tomorrow. And tomorrow,’ he repeated, before eliciting a creepy chuckle. 

‘Maybe not so sane,’ he joked in the tweet.

'Maybe not so sane': He joked in the caption

‘Maybe not so sane’: He joked in the caption