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

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 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.

I've been lucky to be able to work with great people and on interesting material.

We are more and more into technology. Everything is texting, and everything is instant. Flowers are completely impractical as a method of communication when you could just send a text.

It is hard to think of something as a gift when you have been tormented and imprisoned for it.

It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness.

As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness.

The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.

You can create art that makes people feel better.

Ultra high speed slow mo.

I had stopped making figures, and then I began making images of animals in nature, which was a way to introduce the figure.

Not to speak for Jason [Benjamin], but he's a straight married dude with two kids.