United Kingdom, Nov. 5 -- Sir Anthony Hopkins "lost everything" in the California wildfires earlier this year.

The Silence of The Lambs star was among the most famous faces caught up in the disaster back in January when his home in the Pacific Palisades burned to the ground, but he remains thankful he and his wife, Stella, were away at the time and their beloved pet cats were not caught up in the disaster.

He told the Guardian newspaper: "It was a bit of a calamity. We're thankful that no one was hurt, and we got our cats and our little family into the clear.

"We lost everything, but you think: 'Oh well, at least we are alive.' I feel sorry for the thousands of people who have been really affected. People who were way past retirement a...