As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on a new path.

When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient.

I woke up one day and realized I could never be an American.

I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful.

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.

It's great to be queen!

People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.