I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.

You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders.

The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. This is what is engraved on me. This is why I have this insane willpower. My body is now beginning to be falling apart, but I will do it to the end. I don't care. With me it is about whatever it takes.

When you're 50, the best thing to do is dance the Argentinean tango.

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

I really like dark, politically incorrect humor.

Once you live in New York, you can't live anywhere else. Living in Paris is like going in slow motion. It's so bourgeois. I get so bored.