Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Milica Bogdanovna "Milla" Jovovichis a Ukrainian-born American actress, model, musician, and fashion designer. She has appeared in numerous science fiction and action films, leading the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006. Born in Kiev, Jovovich emigrated with her parents to the United States when she was five. In 1987, she began modeling at the age of 12 when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei. Richard Avedon featured...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 December 1975
CityKiev, Ukraine
I'm still an artist. I'm never gonna do a shit movie, because I've got my modeling to support me.
Carmen and I both draw - we collaborate on an equal level on anything artistic,
If I'm not overloaded, I become depressed because I feel like I'm doing nothing with my life. Last year I lost a friend, a guitarist from my band. He was only 21 years old. Since then, I think a lot about death and about all the things I want to do before disappearing. So I never rest.
When you're able to survive a martial arts workout session, it definitely builds your stamina and builds your tolerance.
You do end up putting between two to four months of your time into these movies, and if you don't make enough of them, you don't have a guarantee that any of them are going to be released apart from L.A. and New York. It's a problem, you know,to get two of them released, you have to make ten.
From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman.
I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.
I think that's one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who can't help themselves.
Why have a model on the front of your magazine when you can have Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Hilary Swank? Because those girls are intelligent and talented, people are interested.
Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them.
From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.
My poor mum had a lot of problems with me around that time. I was young but I'd been working for years, so if she asked me to clean my room I'd say, 'You can't tell me what to do after I've worked a 12-hour day.' It gave me a power that no one that age should have.
From childhood my mother had me examining Robert Mapplethorpe's style and Egon Schiele's framing - that's what modelling is about.
Jay Leno: How did you like the birds? Milla Jovovich: Very nice, I felt like wringing their necks.