My mom Marina and I were poor and hungry. We could sometimes not afford to eat - seriously. We lived together in a small town, called Berdyansk, in Ukraine. I was an only child. I don\'t think we would have survived if there had been more kids.

I was on the beach every summer. That was the pleasant part of my childhood because we were right by the sea. We\'d take a picnic, and I\'d spend hours in the water until I turned blue. You couldn\'t get me out of there.

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.

People say, \'Where do you live?\' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that\'s just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I\'m always flying somewhere.