The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

It's better to be skinny than to be fat.

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

The big contracts go to the girls who are healthy - they need to have a sparkle in their eyes and you can't fake that if you're unhealthy.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It’s the most important achievement.

Keeping up with everything I do requires some sacrifices, but once and a while I need to take some time to myself.

We don't have a lot of men on stage doing flamboyant or theatrical. We have a lot of female pop stars doing it, but where are the guys? Where's the classic pop-rock showman?

I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had no reason to want to copy anybody else... All I had was my originality.

Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

We are not going to finance elections when we need to fight to win back occupied territory.

Anger has a way of returning.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football.

Making films is like making stuff together as kids.

by making himself a priest made himself a demon.