“You know, I never planned to leave. I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. You know, I played their game, pretending, of course. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB… Horrifying.”

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Statement in television interview: Larry King (May 5, 2002). " Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/05/lklw.00.html", Larry King Weekend, CNN.

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