"Now again a series of holidays is coming," complains Mikhail Sergeyevich, "it's a nightmare! No sooner had I come to my senses after the jubilee (the 60th anniversary of the actor was celebrated in December 2009) and the New Year, and then you are on February 23rd. I begged my relatives to give nothing, so no! Larissa (Larisa Luppian, Boyarsky's wife) went shopping for hours, looking for a gift, although she knows that I have not needed anything for a long time. "
Mikhail Sergeyevich , and what do you give to your six beautiful ladies on March 8 - wife, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, daughter, granddaughters?
We are asked to ask who wants what to get. Now everyone has everything, and to please, as before, some scarce thing is extremely difficult. In order not to suffer, I usually bring everyone to the store, I propose "to choose something for myself, and then pay for purchases. Only my wife gives money, so she wants. This sum Larissa puts in the family budget. Lisa loves to be given clothes. The daughter-in-law prefers jewelry. We give dolls and toys to granddaughters. A mother-in-law - bed linen.
The famous artist Mikhail Boyarsky, you said that until now you can not depart from the jubilee. Is it such an unpleasant event?
You see, I'm grateful that the TV channels showed films with my participation, but for twenty years now I have not been able to stand up to my attention. I have a big family: children, grandchildren, and I'd rather stay with them than at a regular banquet, even if it is arranged on the occasion of my anniversary. Of all the social events I love except that the birthdays of friends. Ready to do for them skits, write funny couplets, talk about them in the press. In his own jubilee, the only desire was to leave for a couple of months on some uninhabited island. However, friends and Larissa were persuaded to prepare a premiere performance called "Mixed feelings" in the theater. I obeyed their will and, it turns out, did not sit on the throne and accepted congratulations, but worked. Well, he himself met his birthday in a circle of relatives. At half past twelve the whole family sat down, as in the New Year, at the festive table, and when the clock struck twelve, the family began to shout: "Hooray! Happy birthday! "And somewhere in half an hour we broke up, since this time is enough to eat dinner and socialize.
Michael, what do you usually do at home?
Well, how? I go, eat, brush my teeth, read, sleep. The house for the famous artist Mikhail Boyarsky is, first of all, a hole, a place where all worries go to the background and you feel free. If a person is uncomfortable there, then it's just not his house.
The famous artist Mikhail Boyarsky, and what, in your opinion, is the main thing in the relationship of the father and his children, grandchildren?
The most important is a personal example, because the apple from the apple tree, as you know, is not far away. Take my parents. Our family has preserved traditions, proven by centuries, and my father and mother were always the central figures in my life. I think I went to the artists just because they chose an acting profession. And they would work as chemists, I would not be carried away by the theater ... Recently, I began to think more often about what the state is holding, and came to the conclusion: on how strong the family is. In the family of my parents, all the strength was given to the upbringing of children. I do the same, and I hope this will remain in the tradition of my children, grandchildren. You can say that the acting dynasty of the Boyarsky has already taken shape.
Michael, do you think your granddaughters Katya and Sasha will continue it?
They are still too small for me to understand. Say, Sergei and Lisa as a child did not have any acting talents at all. I believe all children are such "cats in a sack". They can be relaxed or clamped, but to find out if they have the talent of an actor, for the time being no one can - neither a psychologist, nor a doctor, nor a teacher. Even from those who have already entered the acting department, it is not known what will happen.
And when did you realize that Lisa is talented?
I never noticed this.
But now you know about this?
Now you also know. And my opinion about my daughter is very personal. I Liza and without a profession road. Whether she has success or not, I do not care. She is my daughter and the most beloved!
I'm not a fighter. Always sailed with the flow
Michael, tell me, what was the guarantor of your long and happy marriage?
This also came from my parents. In the time of their youth, post-war happiness connected two people for a long time, forever, and it was not fashionable to look for other partners. And today everything is different. But to condemn no one costs: "they" have their own lives, but we have our own.
Yes, but marriages in the acting environment all the same often break up?
Among the actors there are many examples of long-lasting marriages. You know, people working in the theater often lack elementary time to find their own half, so couples are composed of what is "by the side" in the troupe. These marriages are built on a different kind of relationship: not only on love and passion, but also on calculation. Marriage retains, first of all, the laziness of finding another partner and understanding that everything is imperfect in life. Probably, one who is inclined to seek happiness by comparison, and will be married seven or eight times, but plainly - not one.
The famous artist Mikhail Boyarsky, you rarely started acting in films. Do not you regret that this is how it is?
I do not even think about it and I do not feel nostalgia for shooting. There are books, family, other work - concerts, for example. With pleasure I play small roles in a good movie - in "Idiot", "Taras Bulba". As for the "popular movie" ... I already had one monstrous experience - the TV series "The waiting room". God forbid that this should happen again! The first thing that struck me at the time was the timing of the creation of the "masterpiece". I warned the producers that I could hardly do it for a year and a half. And in response he heard: "What are you talking about? We'll take you off in a week and a half! "-" How? " 11 series in a week and a half? "In general, there was a dispute, and I said:" Either you pay me good money, or if you manage to take me off for 10 days, I work for you for free. " So they took me off in 9 days!
Michael, it turns out you did your work for free?
I got some money, of course, but that's not the point. I really bought into the fact that I'll be filming with Tikhonov, Ulyanov, Usatova, Kostolevsky - partners, next to which the honor is even just to stand together. I remember sitting with Vyacheslav Vasilievich, his heavenly kingdom, and he says to me: "I agreed to play because of an unusual topic, I thought it was my swan song, but here ..." It's a pity, but there's nothing to be done.
Tell me, how do you feel about the concepts of "star", "sex symbol"?
In the opinion of the famous artist Mikhail Boyarsky, the "star" is the lowest score of acting. Still there are steps "Honored Artist", "People's Artist". And the highest rank is to be just a good artist, without any "additives". Nobody even thought of calling Vysotsky, Mironov, Leonov stars, because they are larger, people of "piece production". And the word "star" is associated with the incubator. I still understand Hollywood: there is an entire industry that unleashes professional stars. And what about us? Mother dear! In all of us we can see the farm!
And about the "sex symbols" ... Let those who are so called, and will be "symbols". And I am a reality (laughs).
Michael, what principles are guided in life?
They are simple. Do not judge, but you will not be judged. Do not touch, and will not smell. That is, they are principles of non-interference, contemplation and over-responsibility for their actions. I'm not going to remake the world or people, but I'm trying to live myself so as not to cause harm or inconvenience to others. And let others alter the world.
The famous artist Mikhail Boyarsky, your life is characterized by sharp turns?
Probably not. I'm not a fighter. I completely rely on the will of Providence and everything that is given by life, I take for granted. He always sailed with the flow and was satisfied with what is: there is work - well, no - I swim further, there are clothes - I will put on, no - I will walk naked. I always remained true to the principles: mother, family, motherland. Children and grandchildren - that's what's important, it's not a sin for them to give their lives! And fame, popularity, wealth - all this is bullshit.
In search of peace of mind
Why, unlike many actors in St. Petersburg, you did not move to Moscow?
Needed where was born. And that's what guided those who left ... Ask them better.
What do you miss now?
Probably, desires that disappear gradually. But their absence brings me pleasure and peace of mind.
There is a paradox in this ...
I am only quoting philosophers whose thoughts are in tune with me. I used to do something first, and then I thought, and now I'll think about it first, and then I do nothing. I do not need any villas, no flights to space. I have a good enough fantasy to imagine myself in a spaceship. But then I say to myself: "It's good that I did not play the fool and did not fly into space!" In fact, well, what did I forget? Or what have I forgotten, for example, in China? In my opinion, traveling is a senseless dragging your body through unfamiliar places. I prefer to travel within myself. I look, for example, at my granddaughter and start to understand something in myself, next to them young ... In general, if something I now do not have enough, it's passion. In work, passion and desire visit me much more often than in life. But today I do not aspire and work.
And what are you striving for then?
To the knowledge of the road to God, and given to me is very difficult.
There is no desire to look into the future?
Such a desire is typical for all of us, but it is meaningless. We believe, but God disposes. Looking into the future is just a pleasant fantasy, nothing more.