I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?

I've been lucky to play characters that are really broad.

I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

I feel lucky to be in whatever I'm in. I feel lucky to be working.

The music that really moves me is music that's written by people where there isn't a lot of money and they're really singing with just their voice and a guitar about their feelings and about their life. Their poetry is relatively simple, in the sense that it's about their soul in jeopardy.

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