Any time you get to play or dress differently or look differently, as an actress, that's incredibly exciting.

I worked with my acting coach one-on-one for hours and hours, every single day for two months, before even setting foot on set or putting on Jessica Jones's clothes.

I'm from a small town, a farm, a hundred acres.

Thematically, I like playing with the ideas of stuff that you try to bury, and you think will go away, but instead you carry it with you until it becomes crippling. And sometimes you have to look back and deal with some stuff in order to truly move forward.

It's hard to always be reduced to the way you look or your sex appeal or what that is.

I live in Los Angeles, mostly, and have a lot of girlfriends and a full life out here.

I kept telling people, 'I really want to do something like 'Breaking Bad,'' and then people would remind me, 'Krysten, you were on 'Breaking Bad!''

For me, rehearsal is very important, and I spend a lot of time doing it. Also, I work with my acting teacher for hours and hours before walking onto any set.

I don't fight for much, but when I fight for something, it's usually because I think I'm going to be right.

I'm sort of missing that part of my brain where I look at anything as a challenge. I always have.

The most rewarding thing is having a job that you love. It's not a luxury that everyone in this world enjoys.

What I'm doing is making sure that I have a balance, and that allows me, I think, to be a better actor and to more easily and quickly access all of the emotions on the scale. I make sure that I read a book on the weekend or read something or do my knitting or do the things that I need to do for myself, like 'Game of Thrones.' Get that balance.

If they want to do a 'Defenders 2,' I'm in.

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

It's really hard to sell a script, and it's even harder to get a movie made. It just almost never happens.

If you really want something, you've gotta just do it and not wait for other people to hand it to you.

Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor.

I have a lot of girlfriends. That's sort of my whole thing is, I have really, really deep friendships, more so than anybody I've ever met.

I'm a total girl's girl.

I'm all about time management. I have gotten my makeup prep in the morning down to, like, four minutes. There's just not enough time in the day.

Problems in our country haven't been caused by Donald Trump, America and its ambitions or CIA spies. Our problems are rooted in a bad government system, the lack of free elections, independent courts and freedom of speech.

The only thing which is important to do is to tell about the values I share. It's to say how important liberalization of Russia is.

My burden is my past as a TV star. But, you know, pasts cannot be a life sentence.

My voters, my core audience, are young people in Russia, so I actually do what I need to have their support.

With men it's always like this in Russia - they always want to be the head of everything.

I'm a politician who's against corruption that Putin has done in our country.

According to international law, Crimea is Ukraine's. Period.

Any window of opportunity is important. If your hands are tied, you should swim with your legs. If your legs are tied, you should try to hold on to the edge of the boat with your teeth. We have to use every option.

In the end, believe me, there will be no friendship between Trump and Putin.

The machine of repression can only be started, it can't be stopped - even by Putin.

Russia is the biggest European nation. We are Europeans, we are not Asians.

Let's not make out as though I will be the winner. I won't be. Putin will run and he will win.

I do not purport to be a professional politician.

I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become candidates.

In a system created by Putin, it is only possible for Putin to win. I am realistic about who will become the president.

I'm not for seizing power, I'm for justice in the country and for democratic elections.

I feel like I'm in a horror film. Everywhere I turn, there's a journalist.

My goal is to make it so that the situation which we see at every election - the same candidates, the same faces... to turn the situation around and completely change it.

I want to show a new vector of policy that will be there when I will become a president. And my vector is friendship with America and friendship with European Union.

With situations that you have no power over, there is no point in worrying about one thing or another. Why think about things that you can't control?

I see that I can do good, I can help free political prisoners, I can raise questions that are silenced on the national level, I can talk about Navalny and others on national television channels, and show that we have 20-30 million supporters around the country.

You can't just chant 'Putin, go away!' because it doesn't make any sense at this point. We need to chant: 'Putin, give back our votes!'

All Russian people know who I am. So I use this to the good because, you know, it's really hard to shut my mouth off because... I'm too bright, and I'm too many years visible to everyone.

No way Putin will let anyone take away his power. Even if all the people of Russia voted for me.

You know, in Russia we say there are three things you can't choose: your parents, your gender and your president.

I didn't go into politics because I'm a woman. I have done this because I have been interested in politics my whole life.

It's Russia. It's a patriarchal society. That's a fact you have to get used to. We have sexism. And it's widespread.

There's a view in Russian society that there are 'male professions' and 'female professions.' The women should be looking after the home and children. It makes me sad. But the only thing you can do is fight it.

That's the tragedy of our country. Everyone is an inexperienced politician.

Work hard and go your own path. You'll make enemies, lose friends, but you'll make even better ones on the way.