In August of 1989, we arrived in Los Angeles where we had family. With their help, along with that of Jewish resettlement organizations like HIAS, my parents were set up with jobs. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
My family had to live in Vienna for three months, then in Italy for another nine, while we waited for refugee status. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
In the ’80s, we were living in the U.S.S.R., where anti-Semitism was a deeply ingrained part of the culture. Being a Jewish person in the Soviet Union was not easy. Not that I remember any of that – I was barely old enough to chew back then – but for my parents, both Uzbekistan-born Jews, life was a struggle. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
I would love to keep directing commercials. I love it so much. I love working with brands and ad agencies and old white men who have been doing this for 60 years. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
When I direct – everything I’ve directed has had improv in it, because I think there’s something special in a performance the first time it’s said out loud that’s hard to recreate. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
I think working with kids and seeing how kids are universally children – no matter what you do, they love playing on a bongo and they love drawing and they love playing – that is a great uniter. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
You can’t say that we need to give women more roles, and then when we do, say that they’re only there because men want to look at them. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
Comedy came early. I knew when I was a kid that I was silly, and I knew that I liked people who were funny, but I don’t think I knew I was funny. I didn’t really think about it. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
I’m a real nerd for science. I love Neil deGrasse Tyson and ‘Cosmos’ and all that. Milana Vayntrub Read Quote
