My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.
It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people.
I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.
I - you know, I'm not an actor.
Nobody is born a dancer.
In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope.
I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not.
The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.
I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver.
Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
I'm a product of Russian culture, but I never felt it was my country.
I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
Working is living to me.
I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
I read Russian literature a lot.
To walk across the street is a risk.
Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
