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

Russia itself is an extremely complex country, and sometimes I feel like all of that comes back to haunt me. I can see why so many Russian writers were so tortured.

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

Communism destroyed so many generations. I look at my grandparents and their generation, and it's as if their lives were taken from them. It's really sad and frightening that something like that could have happened. But I don't really think of myself as Russian anymore. I didn't even live there for that long.

I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.