I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.

I am defined also by Woody Allen’s films and Martin Scorsese and Jim Jarmusch and Julian Schnabel or Almodóvar, or by Guillermo del Toro, Iñárritu, Cuarón. Even if we haven’t worked with them, we are all defined by their filmography.

When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.

I have been in the business long enough to know what an intense amount of work it takes to operate a theater company.

I open my eyes and my ears, and that’s why I work.

Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.

If you think about portraying Americans, for example, in a Russian film, it all depends on where the American is from, if they went to school or not, and if they're well-educated or not. Is it an American from Texas, or an American from Brooklyn? Things would change with the vocabulary and the accent.