The ability to have a choice in what you do is a privilege.

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

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

I'm fascinated by how ethnic communities have assimilated into massive capitalist environments.

Every relationship I've been in becomes long-distance because of work. It's never worked out. It puts an intense strain on the relationship, and at a certain point, it becomes too difficult.

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.

There are two parts of me. There's the really critical, film-nerd part of me that loves that, and then there's the part of me where I'm like, "I really didn't like that movie, but I want to work with that director because he loves actors."