I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am. My character. My make-up. My culture and heritage is a very rich one. So what if it's difficult for people to pronounce? We all learned how to say Schwarzenegger.

To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.

You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.

I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.

A few people have said that I should change my name and the spelling so that people can say it, but I don't want to, I like it the way it is.

Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skills.

People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with.