In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete.
In America, your job determines your marks. In Soviet Russia, Marx determine your job!
In America, you drive car. In Soviet Russia, car drive you!
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.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
I fed my ego, but not my soul.