I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.

I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

There were times that I thought I was good looking.