Dolph Lundgren

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

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.

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

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.