I have been metal all my life, only I did not know about it. The people in this album (Charlemagne) and I, share the same values.

I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There is decline in morals, ideals, manners, respect, truthfulness: just about everything, in fact.

I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.

When I first read Lord of the Rings I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time the technology wasn't there, there was no such thing as CGI.

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

As far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single handed, he is trying to change the world, regardless of any personal consequences.