VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY

Faith is something we never discuss at the dinner table in my family, but I do believe in God.

I would never want Ukraine to be a piece on the map, on the chessboard of big global players, so that someone could toss us around, use us as cover, as part of some bargain.

I am a person who works to deadlines.

I'm the type of person who responds to facts.

When Ukrainians and Israelis speak to each other, each side respects the other.

People don't really believe in words. Or rather, people believe in words only for a stretch of time. Then they start to look for action.

We should show Chernobyl to the world: scientists, environmental specialists, historians and tourists.

We must become Icelanders in soccer, Israelis in defending our land, Japanese in technology.

Politics is not an exact science. That's why in school I loved mathematics. Everything in mathematics was clear to me.

We are very proud of the fact that we have such a low level of anti-Semitism - such a low level of anti-Semitism in independent Ukraine, which started its life in 1991.

My election only proves that the citizens are tired of the experienced politicians who over the past 28 years created a country of opportunities - opportunities to steal, bribe and loot.

Honestly, Russia should want it, to give our territory, our land back to us.

I do not try to play a role. I feel good being myself and saying what I think.

I am not a politician. I am just a simple person who has come to break down this system.

Chernobyl has been a negative part of Ukraine's brand. The time has come to change this.

I'm sure that in the future, every part of the world will recognize that Holodomor is a huge tragedy for Ukraine, and was actually the destruction of Ukrainian people.

If I meet Putin, I'll say to him: 'So you've finally given us back our territory, how much more are you ready to give as compensation money for taking away our land and helping those who took part in the escalation in Crimea and Donbass?'

Please, please stop saying that Ukraine is a corrupt country, because from now, it's not true. We want to change this image.

In my previous profession, when I was a producer, scriptwriter and actor, I wanted to get an Oscar, I wanted to be popular in the U.S.A.

I don't want to interfere in U.S. elections.

I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our problems and questions.

It's a victory when the weapons fall silent and people speak up.

We as a country have something to learn from Israel, especially in the areas of security and defense, and we will of course be doing that.

I will not agree to go to war in the Donbass. I know there are a lot of hotheads, especially those who hold rallies and say, 'Let's go fight and win it all back!' But at what price? What is the cost? It's another story of lives and land. And I won't do it.

To all the countries of the former Soviet Union: look at us, everything is possible.