ShewasluckyenoughtobeabletoleaveRussiaatthetimewithhimbecausehewasn't a citizenAndwemovedtoAmericain 1980, MymomveryquicklyrealizedthatwithherRussianaccentandnot a greatgripontheEnglishlanguage, shedidn't havemuchhopeofpursuing a career.
Therewas a lotofpressure, A lotofhopespinnedonmetokindofhelpthefamilymoveforwardin a newcountry.
新しい国で家族がうまくやっていけるようにと、たくさんのプレッシャーや希望が私にありました。
I startedactingreallyyoung.
演技を始めたのは本当に若かったんです。
I don't think I everreallywantedtobeanactress.
女優になりたいと思ったことはなかったと思うんです。
I meanthatwassomethingthat, youknow, mymomtoldme I wasgoingtodoreallyatthatpoint, I didn't reallythinkthat I wouldevergetintoactionmoviesoranythinglikethatatthetime.
当時は、アクション映画の世界に入るとは思ってもいませんでした。
OfcourseLafayetteNikitacameoutand I was a hugefanoflukeHassan.
I guesslukewaslookingat a lotofmodelsandso I wastoldtogoinandlookglamorousandyouknow, wearsomethingniceand I'vealwaysbeenveryintolikevintageclothesandblockyheelsandgreeneyeshadowandliterallyliketheoppositeofwhathewanted, I guess.
I didn't knowatthetime, I obviouslyneverheardbackfromhimandthen a fewmonthslater I wasatthechateauMarmontHotelwith a friendofmineandwehadlikepartiedthenightbeforeandeveryonewasexhausted.
So I wasdownatbreakfastandlukejusthappenedtobeatthepoolandhesawmeandwaslike, ohthat's thegirlthat I metinnewyorkwholikelookedcrazycausethey'regreeneyeshadowandstuff.
Butthenontheotherhand, here's thisincredibledirectorwho I trustimplicitlybecause I'm a fangoingwellifhethinksthisiswhat I shoulddo, then I'm justgonnagoforit.
Wekindoftalkedaboutitanditwaslike, dowegobluelikethebottomof a flame?
なんとなく話していて、炎の底のように青くするか?
Ordowegolikeorangeorred?
それとも、オレンジや赤のような色にする?
Likethetopoftheflame.
炎の上とか。
So I knewatthetimethatweneeded a realvisionarytocomeinandhelpusandyouknow, comingfromthefashionindustryas I did, I hadworkedwithsomeofthemostamazinghairdressersintheworldand a goodfriendofminenamedWardandhewasworkingwithallthebestphotographersandso I calledWardand I said, listen, youknow, I'm doingthisfilm, there's, ithastobelikesomethingwe'veneverseenbefore.
Youknow, therewas a lotoftraining, I diddancetrainingandmartialartstrainingandactingandtherewas a lotoflanguage I hadtolearnlike a wholenewlanguagewhichlukehadwrittenlikethisdictionary, youknowwewouldsittogetherandlikeputallthewordstogetherandweactuallyspokeinthislanguagetogetherwhichwashilarious.
Itwasalsojustthewayshespokeandthewaythewordscameoutlikelukewasveryadamantthatlikedon't take a breathbeforeyousaysomethingsolikemostpeoplegoandthenstarttalkingbutitwaslikeforleeloowaslikeyouknowjustlikedon't breathe, justtalksoitwaslike a littledetailslikethatthatjustmadehernothuman, nobodycouldrelatetoherbecauseshewasjustsoit's justsounique.
Itwassohardtosaygoodbye, itwassohardto, tofeellike I wasnevergoingtobethisgirlagain.
別れを告げるのはとても辛かった。もうこの子には戻れないと思うと、とても辛かった。
Butalso I leftwithsomuchmorestrengthandsomuchmoreappreciationforeverymomentaroundmebecause I hadleelooinsidemeand I knewthatshewouldbetherefortherestofmylife I thinkinAmericathefifthelementcameandwent, ittooktimeandittooklikethemoviecomingoutonvideoandthenstreaminghappenedandthenlikeparentsareshowingintotheirkidsandnowit's like I havelikeeightyearoldscominguptomeyearslaterbeinglikeleiliuand I wasreallyluckybecauseleelooissuch a bright, positivecharacter, she's soinspiringandshebringsoutthebestinpeopleAndsheisthebestinallofus, youknow, sheislove, sheisthe 5thelementinthatsense.
What I doteachmydaughters, especiallymyeldestatthispointistojusthavethisjoyforlifeandthisappreciationforverymundanethingsbecauseeverythingtoherwasmagical.