If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.
I fed my ego, but not my soul.
Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else.