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

There's a physicality and confidence to Americans they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

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.

Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.

I love doing kids' films.

I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out there - a two bedroomed little bungalow with two cars, and we're just driving around, going to meetings here and there - it's lovely!

Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

Television is what we're all very attracted to because that's where the best writing and the best characters are.

I'm not getting younger, so there's a commitment to the cause that one has to make

I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

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.

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.

As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.

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