I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

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

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

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

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

It has been my personal experience that the government engages in a wide range of frauds with the common people.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Whoever said diamonds were a girl's best friend sure hasn't read a good book.

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

It was kind of interesting: [People] didn't really want to talk about it too much. And then after the election, it's kind of like they've been unleashed.

Create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.

Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of madness, because sanity is a spirit.

I think it is appropriate to ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation's history, among them the high value Americans have traditionally placed on equality of opportunity.

Well, girls love Justin Bieber... But real women have Letogasms

All I want to do is to go to America, get married and start a new life.