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and told them honestly that I do not
understand this. Now I conducted a
social survey among young people:
What did teachers promise you when
you entered the theatre and ceased to
be an applicant?
Enrollee comes to the theatre for
a beautiful illusion – to become an
artist. But very often our hands get
dirty from our crawling around the
stage during all the preparations. But,
the audience gets to see the final
result, and thank God that’s the way it’s
supposed to be. It seems to me that it’s
a crime if a teacher doesn’t explain a
theater student that this is a penniless
profession. However, this is true:
“Nothing sought, nothing gained”. Your
professionalism will be demonstrated in
whether you will be able to become an
actor or director who can earn money.
But, you will never sleep or have free
weekends or holidays. This must all be
explained on the very first day, without
pathos, attitudes, as a real-life example
from your own journey.
Of course, I give life to children, because
I love them, and being a woman I want
to have children. But I have no time to be
with them. I change husbands because
men cannot stand this rhythm. Or, they
also become mad like me, and that starts
to disturb me. Are you ready for this
scenario? Like in fairy tales: offer them a
way (“If you go to the left…”).
I think, Oleg Tabakov teaches his actors
about this, judging by their success,
by the fact that they have their own
theatres, and they toil like galley slaves.
Yevgeny Mironov, for example, works
very hard – his media life does not
reflect the true essence of things at all.
When you decide to work in theatre,
perhaps, a team of like-minded people
is gathering around you – it’s very cool.
It is great when we are thinking in
different ways but can still unite. It is
wonderful, being theatrical figures and
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