You cannot leave the house to take the garbage out without full-on makeup and your hair done. You have to fight for your man out there.

Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

You cannot leave the house to take the garbage out without full-on makeup and your hair done. You have to fight for your man out there.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

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

I wear fragrance when I feel that just makeup is not enough. I'm not someone who uses it daily, but when I do, I feel so proud that I remembered and almost like I treated myself because I work really hard.

I don't want to have strong arms, like you get from Pilates or yoga. But dancing arms become your best accessory. And it's great for your core muscles.