In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.
I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
Modeling isn't really a tough job. Acting is much harder: so much prep and changing your look and mannerisms. It's a more difficult lifestyle being a model. I traveled all the time. Although, now I wonder, because I travel all the time for acting, too. So they both have their difficulties.
My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
I grew up in the Ukraine and then I went to Paris in 1996. I went there because there was a modeling agency that invited me there to work so I thought, 'Sure.'
I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
When you're never home and traveling, you don't play videogames.
I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!
With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.
I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.
Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It's all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it's over. That's Hollywood.
I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.
When you live in a small town in the Ukraine, you definitely want to go to Paris.
I love it when a man cooks; it's one of those points that makes me adore a guy. I think it's so romantic and I feel cared for when a man cooks.
Eventually there are going to be chips in brains. Imagine if you could just buy knowledge and download it into your head instead of having to learn it. Like in 'The Matrix.' Imagine all the years saved!
To me, I approach a small-budget, artsy, European movie the same way as a big commercial Hollywood movie. That's the most important thing. Hollywood usually represents this big dream in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work.
I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
All I want to do is a rom-com, but you know, people see me as an action person because the first movie that was seen by a lot of the public would be 'Hitman.'
