Name: Glenn Allen Anzalone

Born: June 23, 1955 in Lodi, New Jersey.

Earliest memory: Not being able to walk and getting really pissed off.

Biggest thrill as a child: I got simple pleasure out of eating candy or seeing a cool monster movie on TV. But my life is much different than a lot of other people's. I was doing drugs when I was 10.

First movie seen: Jailhouse Rock with Elvis was the first to make an impression. I cut school so I could watch it on TV. He kept going to jail, then became a rock 'n' roll star. I thought, "What the hell is this?"

Did you sit at the front or the back of the class? It's a lot different than school is now. Teachers could still hit you. They would sit me in one place, I'd get in trouble, and then they would sit me in a different place so they could keep an eye on me.

First record bought: Black Sabbath's first record. No one knew who they were at the time. I was at Sam Goody's looking at the new arrival section. There were 10 of these, 15 of that, and then there was one copy of Black Sabbath. I looked at the cover and thought, "This has to be good." I told all my friends, "Listen to this f**king record!" Within a month's time, the whole town was listening to Black Sabbath.

First gig attended: In New Jersey I lived next to this highway called Sin Strip. These bands would play these tiny little Mafia clubs for crazy money. Right around the corner from my house was this place called The Attic. Everyone played there - Jimi Hendrix, you name it. They played two or three shows a night so the mob could get their money back. We were just little kids at the time, but we'd sit behind the club and hear the music as the door open and closed. That's how I got exposed to all of that sh*t.

First date: You just hooked up with a girl and went to the park or someone's cellar and did what you did. Nobody broke my heart. I always knew there'd be other girls.

First R-rated movie: We'd get fake IDs and go see X movies. The first was a Marilyn Chambers double bill - Behind the Green Door and Resurrection of Eve. She was hot, but the movie was boring.

Last book read: I read so many f**king books, dude - like ten at a time. I read about everything from the original anti-Christ stories to different ways they've taken the old Jesus myth and reinvented it up until Christian times. It's just an old story that's constantly reinvented.

Favorite sandwich: Don't have a favorite. It would be like a poppy seed roll with turkey, or maybe a toasted cheese and tomato sandwich, or maybe something drippy like roast beef and gravy on a bun.

Favorite item of clothing: Boots. I wish one pair of boots would last forever, but they don't. I'll sit in a bookstore for five hours going through all their stuff, but I never buy clothes. I hate it.

Jobs: I've had every job in the world. I use to work in factories - book packing, chemical factories, silkscreen factories ... Later on I started making money buying and selling Golden Age comic books. I've had every comic book in the world in my hands.

Favorite time of day: I'm an evening person; I don't like the day much.

Hanging on my bedroom wall: I've got lots of stuff. I have artwork on my wall. Medieval horse armor. Statuary. Skulls. You name it.

Ideal vacation: A day off. Go home, sleep, wake up, watch a movie. Nobody calls me on the telephones, nobody tells me I got to be here or there. That's my perfect day right now.

Ambitions: I've directed lots of music videos and documentaries, but I haven't directed my first feature. I'm writing four different movies now, plus I'm still working on new material. Have I thought about writing an opera? No. [Laughs] I like doing the Black Aria thing, but opera doesn't really interest me.

If you could be any character from history who would it be? Me. That's it. I'm very happy being me.

Swear word I use too much: You can never use them too much. I like learning swear words from different countries. German is the second best language to swear in after English. Italian is good, too.

Favorite Madonna record: Her best period when she was doing all the crazy Erotica stuff, when the critics hated her. All the other sh*t is just bullsh*t. Her new stuff is awful.

Last good joke I heard: It's kind of messed up. What do you call a Korean with three dogs? A restauranteur.