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

A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind of dreamt that one day I will open my mouth on stage.

You invest into the future, and that's how young people become human in best sense of it - through the great experience of listening a Müller symphony or to see a great play by Tennessee Williams, experience something in a ballet, in a film.

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices.

I am teaching more. That is what I do best.

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.