Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

I talk to everyone, but most of the people I hang out with are Latin.

It's certainly true that most of my close friends are Jewish.

I have hardly any friends who aren't gay.

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.

I boldly assert, in fact I think I know, that a lot of friendships and connections absolutely depend upon a sort of shared language, or slang. Not necessarily designed to exclude others, this can establish a certain comity and, even after a long absence, re-establish it in a second.

All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

I am not anti-European. I have many friends and acquaintances who are Europeans.

What I've discovered is that from football fans to undertakers, secret agents to marble-players and politicians, we all are part of at least one tribe. By tribes, I'm talking anthropologically; these groups are determined less by genes and more by the work they do or the passions they pursue.

I've always considered myself to be Russian: my native language is Russian.

All of my besties are gay.

When I'm in L.A., I'm part of the Irish community out there, and I just love it.

But Sasha who after all had no English blood in her but was from Russia where the sunsets are longer, the dawns less sudden, and sentences often left unfinished from doubt as to how best to end them.

I am very blessed to have a great group of long-term friends and a huge family that has been very loving and supportive. I try to stay connected to that and contribute as much as I can.

Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.

RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.

I'm of the people in the bar and the people in my stories. They are my tribe.

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of them.

And again, this connection that you get: I meet Joe at church. Joe's connected to a whole network of people I don't know. Joe likes me. He invites me over to his son's birthday party, and I meet his whole family. I meet his friends. I get to know his neighborhood. That happens all the time.

Children exist in the world as well as in the family. From the moment they are born, they depend on a host of other “grownups” — grandparents, neighbors, teachers, ministers, employers, political leaders, and untold others who touch their lives directly and indirectly.

I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.

You will learn more about the people you work with in three minutes by asking them what they do for nothing, than by working with them for three years in the same team

I GREW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD A FRIEND OR 2 THAT TALKED WITH THE SOOUTHERN ACCENT.

You can't have a Russian household without vodka. It's just something to wash everything down with. I can't remember a time when I didn't drink vodka, either in Russia or here. I don't think there's ever a wrong time to start drinking it. My ancestors drank it, and if I ever have any children, they'll be drinking it.

What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children.