I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.

To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.

Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It's all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it's over. That's Hollywood.

I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

I like men who paint or write or do something creative.

I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing.

In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.