United Kingdom, Nov. 6 -- Sir Anthony Hopkins is ashamed of the ugly side of his personality his alcoholism unleashed.

The Silence of the Lambs Oscar-winner, 87, sent years drinking heavily and has now used his new memoir We Did OK, Kid, to reflect on his decades-long recovery.

He says in the book about alcoholism releasing the worst parts of him: "I was beginning to lose control of my life. I would pick fights.

"I would attack directors if they dared to look at me the wrong way, and they had a right because they were directing.

"I could turn very nasty, nasty, and that is the ugly side of alcoholism.

"It brought out a brutal side of me. I am not proud of it at all."

The actor also described how heavy drinking used to be part of an ...