I hope the English-speaking world can see that I'm not only an Israeli actress.

For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions.

I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.

When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I wore shorts, and the nurse said to me, in front of all my friends, that I was anorexic and that she had to monitor me to make sure I was eating. Because of that trauma, I never wore short pants or short skirts until I was 20.

Who'd want to be a modernist writer in the English-speaking world?

I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.