I saw Chekhov a number of times in English, and I thought that it translates very well in English, for some reason, from the Russian to the English.

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

It was sometimes 60 degrees [Celsius], but it's very strange, cinema makes you forget reality most of the time. You are more concerned about your inner feelings, or your work.

Sometimes over the years, you know, things come to surface.

You don't want to cry over yourself, you don't want to have compassion about yourself. It's not the right place.

I never wondered whether I should be a stage actress or a movie actress.

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything