I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.

When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.

I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.

I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.

I know many of you thought that I would be retiring today, but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet.

No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.