I love academics, theory and all that. I love and admire that and try to do as much reading as I can.

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

One of my favorite vampire movies is 'Nosferatu,' which has a palpable sense of dread that's a pre-war dread.

In a relationship when things are really great you don't need to say anything and just enjoy the other person. Sometimes with a couple, it gets dark and you don't know what to say and that silence can last all day. Other times you don't want to stop talking because you don't want to lose one another.

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

I don't hang out at trendy Hollywood bars.