My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me.

Everybody's life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves.

Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he's done some good action movies too.

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.

Movies are a powerful medium. People think you are your character. I've had plenty of people who think I'm Drago. They don't know about the chemical engineering part of my personality. They don't know about the geek part of my personality.

One day you'll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.

Life is stranger than fiction. It's nice to have stuff that people don't know about. And it helps when you read a bad review. You can go, "This guy doesn't have me figured out." There's more mystery to you than they understand.