I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?

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.

Failure is not the deterrent for the next try. Rather, it is information that empowers the next step.

Iko held up a hand. "You need a system debug if you're suggesting that I would abandon you know.

Don't you know, you idiot, that that is what every fool of a woman says about her child?Miss Bulstrode's thoughts.

Failure is not an American habit.

People like the idea of innovation in the abstract, but when you present them with any specific innovation, they tend to reject it because it doesn't fit with what they already know.

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.

I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to accept whatever came.

A star on top will complete all the scenery!

Success brings with it the fear of blowing it. With more to lose, there's more pressure not to lose it.