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I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.

I definitely feel Russian. I feel Russian, but at the same time when I'm in the States I feel at home, too.

It's funny because I'm so used to acting in English that any time I have these moments where I have to speak Russian, it definitely takes a different part of my brain to pull it off, but it's always nice and fun.

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian.

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators.

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

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

So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change all my lines to Russian, much to the dismay of the director and Nic Cage.