"Jeanne Arkadevna, you are so nervous, and I adore you!" - With such an exclamation, one day she threw herself into the arms of the deserved artist of Russia Olga Prokofieva, her fan. Although in the sitcom "My Fair Nanny" actress played a bitchy careerist Jeanne Arkadevna - her heroine is very fond of! And in the theater of Mayakovsky, where Prokofiev has been playing for more than twenty years, now fans of the series are constantly going. They already know for sure that in life Olga Evgenievna is the complete opposite of her popular heroine. Sweet, sincere and tactful. She refuses to discuss her personal life. But with joy he talks about his son, the theater and new projects.
You now almost do not find in Moscow. So many tours, filming?
I have a big and stable job now. This is a twelve-part feature film. You can say, a mystical-historical detective. I play the main role, and therefore I have a lot of filming days. And they are not all in Moscow. We rent in Byelorussia, in the wonderful city of Grodno. There it is very beautiful and there is all the necessary entourage: a river, a lake, a swamp, a river ... That's why we always have to go there.
Yes, I suppose so. My heroine's name is Varvara Andreevna. She is a writer and a very strong personality. Writes enough easy love novels and thrillers, but she is also an employee of some department of the interpol, who works with some strange phenomena on the planet. I do not want to retell the whole story now. I will only say that there will be such an interesting historical inset. When Napoleon retreated from Moscow, very much of his train of treasures disappeared. Just somewhere in Belarus. Until now, this gold does not give people peace, everyone digs, they search ... Someone finds, but then with these people all sorts of strange things happen.
Intrigued! When will this movie start?
Well, it's a long process. Now shooting, then editing, voice acting, so I do not think that viewers will see this film before the autumn of 2008.
You have now told me that your film is a bit mystical. And you yourself are likely to believe in some signs?
I'm a superstitious person, I believe in some signs, but this has nothing to do with mysticism.
I do not like a black cat when it somewhere runs and sniffs under my feet. She always stops me somehow. Before the premiere, my head for the day is not mine, so that everything turned out well. Some such absolutely ridiculous things. Seeds are not gnawing in the theater, socks do not knit. I have sunflower seeds, though I do not eat it at all. Signs - it's nothing, some pranks. I believe in some, not very much in others. And as far as mysticism is concerned, no, I'm not letting myself go. No thoughts, no reasoning. I can read literature, but it's necessary to just get some information, and not let it into my life. Yes, I'm interested in a lot of this, but I try not to dive into it, because it's very addictive, and if you start to believe in something, you get into some kind of dependence. Therefore, I try to keep around myself a certain ring from this all.
Yes, I worked in a movie. I had some small roles with good directors. Allochka Surikova, Abdurashitova, but it was episodic role. Well, the show is another matter. One hundred and forty episodes! Every day on TV. Who does not even look, but, simply switching channels, stumble upon my "Beautiful Nanny".
The series "Lovely Nanny" brought you crazy popularity. After that, you began to understand why famous Hollywood actors wear caps and glasses in half a face?
Yes. Now I understand this. The series is still going on. Therefore, we are recognizable persons.
It's good to be popular, but it's like saying, you can eat a spoonful of honey, half a glass, but not a three-liter jar. I mean, attention is excessive.
There is some unceremoniousness of the public. You can sit somewhere, and unfamiliar people approach you, sit down, slap on the shoulder, ask for autographs, take pictures on the phone ... And all these paparazzi who follow the life of famous people? Therefore, it is necessary that a little bit somewhere quietly pass and that you do not click on the street, wear, like Hollywood stars, sunglasses. This is not because I'm tired of everything, but just not much attention. After all, the actor can be tired after work, or he just ran out for bread, for this it is not necessary to paint your eyes, do your hair. But then they recognize you and say: "Oh, children, come here, we will be photographed!" And the children are sacred, I can not refuse them ...
Yes, it looks like you are kind to children. Are you a strict mother?
I'm different. Since I sometimes think that I'm short of something to my son, because I'm always at work, terribly busy, something starts to gnaw from within. Like, I'm not a real mom. But I know that wherever I am, I always know where my son is, what he does, whether he is fed. My mother loves me and her sister, so I think I learned this.
You know, I practically do not attend parental meetings, because they are held at seven o'clock in the evening - at my most working hours. Since I have no free evenings: I'm either not in Moscow, or working in a theater, I do not get them. It was lucky that Sasha always had good class teachers who know and understand all this. We either call up, or they send me SMS, and I'm aware of all the school problems. Something Sasha has missed out, the problem on the subject or some kind of event, which you need to pass the money for. I always find out about it on time.
Is there such a thing that you will not allow your son?
Yes. He does not have lawlessness in any dreams.
Because, for example, Sasha asked me for four years already a laptop, and I thought it was too early for him. So the laptop was bought only this summer, when the son passed the exams for the ninth grade. We do not have such that Sasha asked for something and immediately got it. Well, sometimes he stutters a moped. I also think that while for his age it is not safe to cut somewhere on the scooter. So while I do not buy it.
Many famous women say that the secret of their youth and beauty is at least eight hours of sleep. Do you also think so?
Of course, sleep restores, relaxes, gives strength ... I need nine hours to sleep. If I sleep five or six hours - I need a lot of effort to hold out for a day. Therefore, of course, I push myself to bed earlier, if there is such an opportunity. Or somewhere I'm still an hour or more. If there is an opportunity somewhere to lie down and for twenty minutes to fall into a dream - it gives me strength in the afternoon. It does not always work, but it does.
And then if everything goes well and nothing goes wrong, then the situation pleases. This is the working rhythm.
You go to shoot - you can sleep for five hours. Then you go by car and sleep for three more hours. So, we must get ourselves an hour to sleep. Sometimes you force to have strength, there was energy. Sometimes you do not get enough sleep, but I do not like to complain. This is my profession, and I chose it myself, I chose for myself such a schedule. Not the same schedule chooses me. I filled it all myself with this. She herself put crosses, ticks, hooks. So, Olya, download, jump, come on!
What is more important for you: to look good or to cook well?
For the actresses look good - part of the profession. Here other women decide: this week I will not be engaged in myself, but in the next - I will be especially beautiful. Her mood depends. And we are a bit hostage. We have to look great, we are public people, we need to be in shape. What is more pleasant: to look at the actress who is well built up, or on the one who, for pardon, hangs a paunch or something in this spirit? Well, there are full artistes who have an essence, character, but we will not talk about them. In general, public people need to put a lot of effort and time to look good.
Your model can be envied by any model. Share the secret, how can you stay so slim?
An ingenious recipe was given by Maya Plesetskaya: "If you want to lose weight, do not jerk!" This advice suits me. I do not particularly sit on diets, but I always eat very little.
In the morning I like bread, I can make myself toast and cheese baked. I can roll a delicious bun with dairy products. But neither in the daytime nor in the evening I do not allow myself any bread. Dinner ... I have such moving performances: I have to move a lot, dance ... I can leave a kilogram or a half on stage for one performance. That's why I always have supper, but it's easy. Clearly, I do not eat fried potatoes. I can boil myself a shrimp, make a salad.
It is clear, with such employment, as you have, there may not be time to cook ...
I'm cooking, I'll tell you honestly. Because I'm Mom. Happens, from three kinds of meat I twist cutlets and in a freezer I add. Because I often go on tour, and my son Sasha can fry them. I for him, basically, and I cook, for myself - practically no.
What gifts do you like to receive?
I love different ... Now thanks to the project "My Fair Nanny" I have a lot of all kinds of acquaintances and fans. They are very inventive! They compose all kinds of clips from my theatrical works, they sound it. The girl alone gave me such a wonderful puzzle. They took my photo and made from it 150 parts. So now I can collect myself. I say, well, if I live to be old, I will have something to do. And they can also make a plate from the film, write poems or a calendar for the whole year with my photos, from some magazines. These are original gifts, and they are very nice to me, they like. And as for close people, they are trying to give something necessary, well, it's not necessarily some kind of household equipment, because it's not a particularly female gift. Try to give, for example, some good perfume.