The memoir will detail his illustrious film and theater career, difficult childhood and path to sobriety Sir Anthony Hopkins is putting his life into words for the first time. PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that the legendary actor,

Sir Anthony Hopkins will have a memoir out this fall, its title inspired by a childhood picture. “We Did OK, Kid” will be published Nov. 4 by Summit Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint. “There is a photograph I keep on my phone of my father and me on the beach when I was a child.

Academy Award–winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins has written a memoir for Simon & Schuster (S&S), acquired in a 19-way auction. UK and Commonwealth rights for Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid were acquired by head of S&S international Ian Chapman from Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown and Emma Finn at C&W,

The Simon & Schuster imprint will publish We Did OK, Kid, a look back on the actor's life and work, in tandem with S&S UK, Australia, and India on November 4.