acting [Theme]

Being an actor is my destiny. And if we take our craft seriously and deeply, it is a huge, difficult spiritual, physical and moral work. I have met people who managed to maintain dignity in their profession. You should pay attention to them, respect them, appreciate them and... forgive them!..

We think that we are playing brilliantly, but in fact God is playing, choosing us as instruments.

Previously, while working on a role, I quickly came to such a moment: well, I’ve reached the wall, the hero is exhausted. And now I know: there is a door in the wall, behind it there is another room, and there is a third, a fourth... It is important that the actor and through him the viewer feel: man is inexhaustible, man is infinite.

And the director says: “No, Lyudmila Mikhailovna, let’s do it again. Remember when you play the last scene in the movie "For the Rest of Your Life"? This is how we play.” I would love to change everything, but they usually call on what they saw. Therefore, cinema, alas, knows me like this.”

Now they are all geniuses, all great... But Shchukin, Ruben Nikolaevich, Gritsenko, Yakovlev are Great actors.

From the second year I was told: “Our Pashennaya.” I received a personal scholarship from Khmelev. She played leading roles in graduation performances. But when the distribution was made, there was no place in Maly. “I responded to the invitation of the artistic director of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, Andrei Goncharov.”

... The essence of the profession is not to learn the text, put on a suit and show off on stage, but to understand what kind of person you have to touch, what you want to understand in him, what pain points you feel for.

The worst thing is when the actor has nothing to think about.

Some people come to the theater only once in their lives, and you need to play in such a way that a person remembers it for a lifetime.

The main difference between the art of the actor and other arts is that any other artist can create when he is inspired. But the stage designer must own inspiration himself and be able to evoke it when it appears on the playbill. This is the main secret of our art.

The main difference between the art of the actor and other arts is that any other artist can create when he is inspired. But the stage designer must own inspiration himself and be able to evoke it when it appears on the playbill. This is the main secret of our art.

With great skill, as an actor, I learned to be thoughtfully silent when I did not understand anything, and to utter mysterious exclamations with sick expressiveness: “Yes! Hmm!... Perhaps I'll think about it ... "

Chandler Bing: - Of course not... [jumping] When I was made of wood, I didn't go to school!

Often talented people are written off when they turn 50-60 years old. But the saddest thing is that with age we only get better.