I wonder what it means when Americans say I'm an American. In Britain the culture is basically the same from one end of the country to the other. And when I came here and I saw Americans who live, I don't know, in you know, Northwestern California as opposed to Americans who live in Louisiana, as opposed to Americans who live in the Nevada desert. English even is literally a picture that I have in my mind of an oak tree in the field, a single oak in a green field. And also when I think of my Russian roots, it's the landscape that I connect with as more than maybe the poetry or the drama.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.

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

There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time.

I learned quite early on in life that we are all two people. And one of those people none of us will ever know.

All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap.

I do think it's well over-time to have a female Doctor Who. I think a gay, black female Doctor Who would be the best of all.