I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
The price I have personally paid for these extra Sisyphean years has been prohibitive.
Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main ones, but the danger of nuclear war was so serious that it was a no less significant factor.
My back went out and I gained 40 pounds while sweating over 'Perestroika.' It was incredibly hard, the hardest thing I had to do before the screenplay to 'Lincoln.'
This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.
Money costs too much.
I don't have lavish taste.
I put on close to 60 pounds for 'Genesis,' an independent movie from New Zealand.
I started like many young Russian people in the beginning of perestroika when it seemed that everything was possible.
I bought a restaurant - that was pretty expensive.