I was always interested in enchantment and magicians and still am.

I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.

I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

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

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.