I love academics, theory and all that. I love and admire that and try to do as much reading as I can.

The ability to have a choice in what you do is a privilege.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

I was drawn to photography as an extension of film, and the beauty of film is that it's a sensuous, fetishistic medium.

I feel lucky to be in whatever I'm in. I feel lucky to be working.

I think its important for movies to recognize that they are part of a history of movies. I also think that most movies are about movies anyway, even if they're about something else.

One of my favorite vampire movies is 'Nosferatu,' which has a palpable sense of dread that's a pre-war dread.

I prefer when movies target my heart instead of my mind.

I've been really interested in focusing on the aspects of my Russian heritage I'm proud of. I'm actually em­barrassed to tell people I'm Russian, because it's become such an awful place.

I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands.

Maybe silence is something we're uncomfortable with as a culture, I don't know.

Your perception about the world creates your thoughts, your thoughts create your desires and intention, and your intentions manifest as your reality.

Arrogance is nothing but Stupidity with an ego.

It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life.

There is a happy land, Far, far away, Where Saints in glory stand, Bright, bright as day.

If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

If your faith isn't rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil.

What we do now echoes in eternity.

I woke up in the morning and I didn’t want anything, didn’t do anything, couldn’t do it anyway, just lay there listening to the blood rush through me and it never made any sense, anything.

The origin of love is the beautiful light of the soul.