In my life and in my career, I really love to play different roles. I never want to play the same role twice.

I was born in Eastern Europe, in Latvia, and I'm fluent in Russian.

In places like South Afghanistan, where cultural norms prevent men from entering homes, female vaccinators often make the difference between a closed or opened door.

I understand the power of the internet, but I can't say that I'm there. I'm old-fashioned and living in a different century. I don't know. I just don't really understand the craze of it.

Blood might be thicker than water, but love was the most powerful magic of all.

Words are meaningless when there are no actions backing them up. Prove to me that you feel that way. Don't just tell me, show me.

attraction, that's the farthest thing from an idea. That's an urge, an impulse, a force. It's subconscious, physical. You can't make everything cerebral.

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

We love comfort, and people make a lot of money selling us comfort, but I would challenge the notion that comfort is usually good for us.

Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.

I don't like to treat words and sounds like objects. You have to penetrate deeply into their meaning.

If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.

The missing links in my life's work, no less!

The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.