To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old.

In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

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.

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people, to present them with something they didn't expect.

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.

When the Second World War finished, I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd seen dreadful, dreadful things, without saying a word. Seeing horror depicted on film doesn't affect me much.