I speak a little bit of Russian..

I'm writing and putting together my next few things. Even during the Red Army process, I've been writing and developing things, so that now that I'm ….

One ironic thing is that although (the Soviet Union) was one of the most oppressive systems, with no respect for the individual, it somehow produced ….

I guess the prime example is in North America there's a thing where if there's no opportunity to move forward with the puck, then a [hockey] player i….

Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet and chess and art and r….

People think, sports delivers a message. It's not just about winning and losing, although that's important. It's about other things, too. It demonstr….

What I found interesting about Slava Fetisov was that he went through three different generations of Soviet hockey. In the late 70's, he experienced ….

A lot of what I know as a filmmaker is because of hockey. That's teamwork, and being able to collaborate with people, and be creative with them, and ….

When I looked into the story of Soviet hockey and its players, I realized that it has nothing to do with hockey. It was a larger story using hockey a….

Growing up, I didn't know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I saw the Soviet Union play hockey for….

If people see North American hockey and they see violence and brutality and it's not so interesting, that sends a message too about your culture..

In the U.S., coaches could be the father next door. They had no formal training. They're like old hockey players. They don't go to school and study..

When people do something extraordinarily well, it's self-evident. It could be art. It could be a circus, whatever it is, where people are doing incre….

I found a lot of stuff that's never been seen before. That was the goal: to not use cliché Cold War footage but give people a sense of the place and ….

If you're a skilled player, you want to use your skill, not just hit the puck..

Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read into it and sa….

I've had a lot of coaches in my life, but I've only had a few very good ones. So, I try to take from the best ones and apply those to what I do and t….

I'm very excited about some of the novels that I have adapted. I think they're equally as powerful, if not more. Going After Cacciato (by Tim O'Brien….

I don't want to get into being too hockey centered, but I just felt like the late 70's and 80's into the 90's was the right time period to tell the s….

I'm American and I wanted my friend and people to see ' Red Army' . I didn't want it to be a film for Russia, although I did show it there and they a….

My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player..