If we're talking about being skinny or losing weight, I don't have that problem; it's genetics.

Russian women are very friendly with makeup, almost too friendly sometimes.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

When I was a teenager, I remember I wanted to put so much makeup on - it was just a natural thing over there. Why they do it, I guess, is because historically, there were twice as many women as there were men after the World War II.

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.