I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands.

I don't feel any connection to Russia.

Taking photographs seems to be a means to express some kind of emotional, abstractive narrative. I look at the images that I'm most proud of like a film about the world the way I see it (or at least saw it at that moment, a perspective that seems to be ever-shifting and filled with self-doubt.)

I've been really interested in focusing on the aspects of my Russian heritage I'm proud of. I'm actually em­barrassed to tell people I'm Russian, because it's become such an awful place.

I think its important for movies to recognize that they are part of a history of movies. I also think that most movies are about movies anyway, even if they're about something else.

I prefer when movies target my heart instead of my mind.

I think any time you're in a new relationship, there's so much to look forward to.