About how the famous humorist Garik Martirosyan refers to his own glory, we will tell you about his role in the family and at work today.
Garik , you love fame with all the ensuing consequences: shooting on television, interviews and photo shoots in magazines, recognizability on the street, an army of fans?
No, I do not like glory. If it were not for professional necessity, I would generally avoid journalists. And I would try to attract less attention.
In general, I'm amazed: why do people wonder how I look, how I live, with whom I live, what I say ... In my opinion, I'm not the most interesting person to write about and to photograph - there are more interesting people.
Amazing modesty with your fame! It seems to me that you, on top of everything else, are also the quietest of your surroundings. I mean the residents of the Comedy Club. Is this your role or are you in the same life?
If we talk about life, I would not say that it is very calm. Quite the contrary, I am a very impulsive person. Just from the guys from the Comedy Club emanates so much energy that sometimes even a word is difficult to insert! I would say so: Comedy Club is the most energetic program in the world. And about the fact that I'm calm?
I'm confident in the guys, that's why I'm calm. For them.
Your whole life is connected with humor. Do you not lose the desire to joke and make jokes at home?
And I'm at home and do not make jokes.
In one interview you described the novel with your future wife: "Having communicated a few days in Sochi, we finally exchanged phones and, having parted, engaged in endless chimes. Then they began to fly to each other on ridiculous dates: almost 600 km one way ... "Why" ridiculous dates "?
Because when people live not just in different cities - in different countries, how else to call meetings 5-6 hours once a week? And the rest of the time constant calls to each other ... It's ridiculous and funny.
And in your hometown you could not find yourself a woman?
No, why, of course, could. But I did not think about it at all. You see, I did not have a goal to find a wife in Moscow or Yerevan. Or specially in a certain city .. Well, found in Sochi - and thank God.
The wedding was played in Cyprus ...
Everything turned out to be impromptu. We were with friends and with a team of KVN in Limassol, and it was such a wonderful resort town that we decided to play a wedding there. Nothing planning in advance, completely spontaneous.
Usually the girls present their wedding in the smallest details: a wedding dress, guests, bridesmaids. And then suddenly an impromptu ...
Of course, Jeanne represented everything in advance. But we turned to a Cypriot specialized agency, and everything was organized magnificently! The bride was very pleased! So I advise everyone to spend weddings in Limassol. I think everyone can dream of this: Cyprus, the sea, the sun, love and jokes from friends-KVN-kshchikov. In general, we can say that it was thanks to this wonderful game that you became acquainted with Jeanne.
Yes, for a while she played in the team of the KVN of the city of Sochi, but then she left this frivolous affair and started to practice law. And she became a very serious lawyer.
But you, on the contrary, were going to become an artist, then almost took place as a physician, having received a diploma of a neurologist-psychotherapist - and how it all ended ...
It's true, for four years I studied for an artist. Then he entered the medical institute, where the KVN began. Further everything is already known ...
Yes, it is known: young, daring, sharp-tongued innovators came out of the KVN and created the Comedy Club, leaving behind all the "old" humorists: Petrosian, Zhvanetsky, Zadornov ... What is the success? Does your youth take its own or do you have more modern humor?
I must say, we did not leave anyone behind! First of all, since we have great respect for what our colleagues are doing. On any channels, for any age category.
But the press is more willing to interview you ... Now, at least.
This is the difference between popularity and fame. And it is absolutely not fundamental. If we talk about Zhvanetsky, then it's not only a humorist, but also a philosopher. I respect him, and we are not in any competition with him or Zadornovs. Perhaps, in recent times we have caused more resonance than other humorists. And what is there to be surprised at? Who is newer and younger, he is steeper than others. Here after us young humorists will come, and they will be much better than us - brighter, more talented, sharper, more sharp.
Let's return to realities. The film "Our Russia: The Eggs of Destiny" was screened triumphantly across the CIS screens, in which you acted as the author of the idea and the creative producer. Are satisfied with the result of their work?
Well, you can not be completely satisfied . You always want to screw up something. But in terms of cinema - I am very satisfied. It's really a movie with drama.
Is it true that before the release of the film on the screens in the finished form it was not seen, except for a very limited number of people?
Indeed, the film was shot in a terrible secret. In a secret, he also was mounted. And before the premiere they saw exactly 7 people
Straight espionage passions! And they did not even show their relatives? To a wife, for example?
I just did not want to break my mood. I wanted everyone to go to the cinema - and already on the screen, with correction, with computer graphics, with a good sound, watched this movie. It's very ridiculous to show the film in the working material - it's pointless.
Your wife criticizes what you do, or unconditionally supports your creative manifestations?
I will only say that in our family there is no close attention to what I'm doing. In terms of: "Oh, let's see today what he did there, and we'll estimate." There is neither total admiration nor total criticism. Basically, it all boils down to the fact that "we looked at the program, everything is fine."
Do you have any disputes on creative topics?
No, it does not happen. Despite the fact that my wife and I have absolutely different views on humor (what makes me laugh, can leave it completely indifferent), everyone remains at their opinion and does not impose it on each other.
I think she does not argue with you, because you are a professional! (Laughs) Maybe.
Or she just has no time to argue: two children and a house, I understand, on it?
Indeed, for 5-6 years she has been devoting all her time to the family. The owner in our house is his wife. More precisely, the landlady. Everything that is connected with home and life - repair, shopping, children - is it. And I'm very happy that this is so.
Well, it's clear: a man is a getter, and a woman is a hearth. And yet: at home do you have any responsibilities?
I pay a lot of attention to my daughter. Jasmine is five years old - the age when a child grasps information literally on the fly. We spend a lot of time together: watching clips, cartoons, reading books ... I want to take advantage of this all-consuming period and give her as much knowledge as possible.
And his wife is still busy with a young son. Another two or three months will pass before Daniel begins to understand and grasp something.
Do you tell the daughter of a fairy tale? Which ones?
Yes, of course, I'm telling. Sometimes it's something common, and sometimes I think myself up, something in my style.
Probably, she likes "exclusive" from her dad more?
She still does not understand where the fictitious story is, and where "real".
Would you wish your children a star career? You have every opportunity to help them in this.
Probably not. I believe that the main thing is to give a good education. And make sure that they have a happy childhood. What will happen afterwards - it will be later.
So your parents, for example, gave you a wonderful education. You play piano, speak foreign languages, paint, enroll in a prestigious university ...
If I recall my musical education, I confess: at the age of six I entered a music school, where, after six months, I was kicked out for bad behavior. And only the class in the tenth friends taught me to play the piano. And then I myself mastered the guitar. But since I do not know the music, I do not play very well.
As for languages other than Russian and Armenian, unfortunately, I do not speak any languages.
Strange, but it seems that you are a polyglot.
I know English and Italian a little, but it is too superficial to take the liberty of asserting that I own them.
Garik, do you read glossy magazines?
No, I do not. Neither female nor masculine. I'm interested in books, not artistic ones. I love astrophysics, I read all the scientific literature on it. It's a hobby, but I take it seriously enough.
Yes, and you, apparently , a serious man. Which, however, is typical for most professional humorists. Do you, Garik, have flaws?
Of course, I'm not perfect. I have many shortcomings. For example, I spend a lot of time at work, often in a nervous state. Incredibly demanding of himself and others. I'm not sleeping very much. I go to bed very late. Wife scolds for this ...
That is, this is the biggest shortcoming of the famous comic artist Garik Martirosyan?
You can say yes.
Garik, do you consider yourself a rich man?
No, I'm not very rich. Here in one Russian edition recently wrote that Martirosyan is fabulously rich. They write about some unreal fees, they say, I get 50 000 euros ...
This is all nonsense! We earn an order of magnitude less than what is written about in the press. We earn on a par with other representatives of show business and our colleagues. No more, no less.