I always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.

In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.