Anton Yelchin
Anton Yelchin
Anton Viktorovich Yelchinwas an American film and television actor, known for portraying Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series, Clumsy Smurf in The Smurfs and its sequel and for several other prominent roles...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 March 1989
CitySaint Petersburg, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
distance long intense
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.
people awful these-days
I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.
two nerd want
There are two parts of me. There's the really critical, film-nerd part of me that loves that, and then there's the part of me where I'm like, "I really didn't like that movie, but I want to work with that director because he loves actors."
school teens punk
I've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school.
actors directors sensitive
I'm sure there are directors who don't like to work with actors and don't know how to be sensitive to actors.
inspiration italian thinking
I think what inspires me is in a constant state of flux...it's easier to stick to photographers and perhaps cinematographers, though the great medieval, Mannerist, and Baroque painters of Italian, Spanish, Flemish, and German origin are a constant source of inspiration, along with select modernists like Dali.
morning thinking two
I need what I'm thinking to come out into the world, even if it's a two-word approval, like, "Yeah, I agree," I need that approval so that in the morning I can get up and use that when I go to work. It's a weird version of focusing.
views people culture
And also, that's the kind of wonderful thing about film culture, is the interaction between films and who works on what, where they were before, and now what they're doing now, and that inevitably informs how people view a film.
kids mind forgiving
I don't really like watching my work. I don't mind watching it when I was a little kid because I forgive myself a lot, since I was a little kid.
reading trying theory
I love academics, theory and all that. I love and admire that and try to do as much reading as I can.
new-relationship thinking looks
I think any time you're in a new relationship, there's so much to look forward to.
thinking people levels
If you want to make movies you need to think on a micro-micro level and figure out how to make them for nothing with people who really care about your movie and really want to make it.
community environment capitalist
I'm fascinated by how ethnic communities have assimilated into massive capitalist environments.
growing-up should-have parent
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.