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No part has ever come easily to me. Every one has been a challenge. I've worked as hard as I could on them all.

I don't know whether I'm an actor or not because I've never been sure what acting is. I've played different types, but it seems to me they turn out to be just myself every time.

A lot of people claim to have discovered me, and a lot of people have helped me. Frankly every one of them is right, and I'm one actor who is plenty grateful.

I've never been nervous about anything. I've always sat back and waited for things to happen. I've always felt that if I were the guy to do something, I'd be sought out to do it. Otherwise, I'd be far happier right where I was.

I never had a dramatic lesson, never formally studied diction, never had anybody to teach me timing. I just picked it all up as I went along. It's my belief that acting's essentially a quality within a person and not a mere bag of tricks and mannerisms to be exhibited externally.

There are many reasons why I want to arrive. I want other Ukrainians to feel that they have a chance. Maybe not in this field, but in any other. I receive a lot of mail from Ukrainians who thank me because I haven't changed my own name and because I don't pretend to be either Polish or Russian.