I grew up with communism, and if you live through communism you don't love it.

Oligarch is just a nonsense word. What does it mean? I don't like it.

In Russian, ambition is a bad word. It's arrogant.

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.