Quotes from Anton Yelchin

I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.

I've been lucky to play characters that are really broad.

I love Andy Warhol!

I tried ice-skating and wasn't very good at it.

I don't feel any connection to Russia.

I think any time you're in a new relationship, there's so much to look forward to.

I prefer when movies target my heart instead of my mind.

The ability to have a choice in what you do is a privilege.

I'm fascinated by how ethnic communities have assimilated into massive capitalist environments.

My parents were of the opinion, because they had started skating very young, that you should have something that you do that you care about, because it structures your life as you're growing up.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

Every relationship I've been in becomes long-distance because of work. It's never worked out. It puts an intense strain on the relationship, and at a certain point, it becomes too difficult.

In a relationship when things are really great you don't need to say anything and just enjoy the other person. Sometimes with a couple, it gets dark and you don't know what to say and that silence can last all day. Other times you don't want to stop talking because you don't want to lose one another.

When you don't understand the fashion world you're just grateful you get to wear good clothes.

Russia itself is an extremely complex country, and sometimes I feel like all of that comes back to haunt me. I can see why so many Russian writers were so tortured.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

I love academics, theory and all that. I love and admire that and try to do as much reading as I can.

In a relationship when things are really great you don't need to say anything and just enjoy the other person. Sometimes with a couple, it gets dark and you don't know what to say and that silence can last all day. Other times you don't want to stop talking because you don't want to lose one another.

I don't hang out at trendy Hollywood bars.

I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands.

It would be nice to live off the land and fix cars.

One of my favorite vampire movies is 'Nosferatu,' which has a palpable sense of dread that's a pre-war dread.

Maybe silence is something we're uncomfortable with as a culture, I don't know.