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.

A lot of people love Tarantino’s films because they’re spectacular, they’re beautiful, they’re wonderful. He hires the best group of artists - not only actors, but everyone around: best photographers, best set designers, best production designers, costume designers. A lot of people love his films because they’re bloody, they’re gory, they’re savage. But very few people see that he’s a very political director.

I don't believe in bad and good, I believe we are all a mix of both.

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.

I believe in characters that can be tangible, and that you can actually relate to.

As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.

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.