The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.

In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.

Running a company is pretty demanding.

You don't measure life by receiving awards.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.