I haven't posted on this topic for a long time, I had a free minute))
Dmitry Pevtsov - I really like this actor, by the way, outwardly - not my type at all, but I admit that he is, of course, a very handsome man, and with age he has become more beautiful, in my opinion. And, of course, he's a great actor. I am not a fan of his work, so I can’t judge Pevtsov’s theatrical work, and I didn’t see too many films with Dmitry, but what I managed to see impressed me.
Biography:
Dmitry Anatolyevich Pevtsov was born into the family of a sports doctor and Honored Coach of the USSR in pentathlon. That is why, from childhood, Dmitry was engaged in karate, judo and horse riding. As Pevtsov recalls, he first mounted a horse at the age of three, because his mother was a specialist in hippotherapy. In addition, he managed to try himself in figure skating, skiing and swimming. Pevtsov, still a child, loved risk and more than once rode on the steps of freight cars. After school, Pevtsov wanted to follow in the footsteps of his parents and enter the Faculty of Physical Education in pedagogical institute. But, in 1980, he became a student of GITIS. However, uch :) ended quickly.
A year later, Pevtsov was taken into the army. served future actor in the theatre Soviet army. In 1985, Dmitry graduated from GITIS and went to work at the Taganka Theater. Success came to Dmitry Pevtsov when he played Savely Govorkov in the action film "Nicknamed" The Beast "by Alexander Muratov. I remember this film very well, it was something new, along with Trapper, Scavenger etc. - Soviet-Russian action movie))) but it gave the impression that Dmitry was very brutal there. Now the film looks a little funny and naive, but then it was a bomb))
But international success appeared after the role of Yakov Somov in the film "Mother" directed by Gl:) Panfilov. For this role, by the way, the artist received the Felix prize in the category " Best Actor second plan.
Here I would like to add that Dmitry was lucky - he is a rather demanded actor and played in many films that have become cult films of his time: Nicknamed the Beast, The Mafia is immortal, Pops, Moscow, Gangster Petersburg, Zhmurki, etc. It is impossible not to remember and very famous and popular at the time series: Queen Margot and Countess de Monsoro.
Separately, I would like to talk about theater work Pevtsova. After graduating from GITIS, the young Pevtsov, by distribution, went to work in an acting troupe the famous Theater on Taganka. 1991 when it broke up Soviet Union, marked for young actor theater change. Pevtsov was invited to work in Lenkom, where he plays to this day.
Among the performances in which Pevtsov played, first of all, one can note the dream of any actor - the role of Hamlet in the immortal play of the same name by William Shakespeare, staged by Gleb Panfilov. The artist also played the role of Treplev in Chekhov's The Seagull and played Rezanov in the scandalous rock opera Juno and Avos. 
This was followed by such vivid images as Figaro in "A Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro" by Beaumarchais, and Chichikov in the production of "Hoax". In general, Dmitry Pevtsov, due to his spectacular external data and well-delivered vocals, was very popular among musical directors. In addition to the sensational "Juno and Avos", he took part in the first Russian musical"Metro" and Russian production"Witches of Eastwick".
I have two favorite roles performed by Dmitry, perhaps they are not the deepest and not the most significant in his film career, but I really liked them, especially since the images themselves are opposite, completely different characters. The first is the daring hussar Zurov in an excellent film adaptation (oh - a miracle !!!) of the work of Boris Akunin - Turkish Gambit. Oh, how good, damn it, how charming and what vivid image turned out, although the role is far from being the main one, but I think Zurov is almost the main decoration of the whole film!
The second role - Sergei Chelishchev in the film (namely - the film) Gangster Petersburg: Lawyer. I must say that I treated the film with great prejudice, I don’t like this, the Brigade made me laugh, I didn’t watch it until I found out that Sergey Bortko was the director of this part, I was just in shock, because the film dog's heart I think almost best film adaptation classics. And I will say firmly - the film made an indelible impression on me.
It’s probably even good that I watched it now, when the 90s have already turned into some kind of legend, the film looks very fresh, even despite not being very good quality filming and so on, it doesn't matter. It can be seen that the professionals filmed: the script, camera work, music, makeup, costumes - everything is on the highest level. Of course, the story itself and, of course - cast. Dmitry perfectly conveyed the internal brokenness of his character, his personal changes, his struggle with himself, the role is not easy, with a breakdown, he succeeded in everything, however, I repeat, all the actors are on top there.
right now it will be personal, right now I’ll whine ... they played before even in TV shows: Streets of Broken Lights, St. Petersburg Secrets, Gangster Petersburg, and the same Brigade, albeit a stupid script (in some places it’s really naive), but it was filmed perfectly and the actors played beautifully, Idiot, Children of the Arbat, Border - a taiga novel (I don’t like it), The Killer’s Diary (I love it), etc. - and there were scripts and directing, and music, and even acting ... but this is all at least 10 years old ... what happened in 10 years, then? some shit is being filmed...
all finished whining...
Let's continue.
Personal life:
While studying at GITIS, Dmitry lived in a de facto marriage with his classmate Larisa Blazhko, who in 1990 gave birth to a son, Daniil, from the actor. After a short time, the lovers broke up, and Blazhko emigrated to Canada. The couple maintained friendly relations
Pevtsov took an active part in the fate of his son Daniel, helping him at the beginning acting career. In 2012, a tragedy occurred: due to an accident, Daniil Pevtsov fell out of a window on the third floor, all the efforts of the doctors were in vain, Pevtsov's son died in intensive care. A terrible tragedy. Daniel was just a copy of his father.
In 1991, during the filming of "Walking on the Scaffold", the actor began an affair with his partner in film set, actress of the Sovremennik theater, beauty Olga Drozdova. Three years later, Dmitry Pevtsov and Olga Drozdova legalized their relationship. In 2007, the couple had a son, whom his parents named Elisha.
Spouses everywhere appear together and participate in each other's life as much as possible. It seems to me that Olga is a strong-willed woman, and keeps everything under the most severe control, as well as her figure, however))) so there is love-love))) Well done - Olya)) if anyone knows some gossip - share it, We're on Gossip after all...
Quotes by Dmitry Pevtsov:
I'm single, as it turns out.
I'm a light drinker, but a quick drinker.
A woman is a realist, she is closer to the earth.
I made a distinction for myself: I play in the theater, but not in life.
Panfilov is the kind of cinema that is worth spending your life for.
During the four years that I was the headman, I lost my sense of humor.
I Sissy. And he grew up in a happy Soviet “cell of society”.
As for all sorts of hysterics and "advisers", I long ago learned to distance myself from what they say.
You can’t give all your best every day, you can’t engage in complete nonsense with wild dedication, you can’t half-heartedly do the main thing.
Cinema is the art of directing, so you can cut and make a handsome, charming artist, even an idol, out of a block of wood.
Intuition helps me hear and feel the providence of God, which we forget about, replacing it with purposefulness, heroism, toughness.
The director must see the process from above, but I don't have that.
I live for my own pleasure, I try not to interfere with the lives of others.
Photo:
Dmitry is fond of racing. 
Family photos.
With first wife
Olga with Daniel
Queen Margo
Nicknamed The Beast
Gangster Petersburg
Turkish gambit
Handsome man
Thank you for attention))
Once again he proved Chekhov's wisdom: brevity is the sister of talent. We received clear answers to questions without any digressions. Dmitry shared his views on life, talked about how to get rid of internal conflict between faith and hypocrisy, oh teaching activities about new projects...
I would like to start our conversation not with a question, but with a request - to characterize yourself today, in the refraction of the years, the roles played, the accumulated life experience.
Impossible to answer in one or two sentences. And to describe my own person in the essay genre, “turning inside out” my own soul, seems inappropriate to me. This is possible only at confession in the temple, nowhere else. That is absolutely nowhere.
Then I can't do without a question. What is really the most important thing in your life right now - both spiritually and creatively?
The main thing is to find a balance between the Orthodox worldview and the "passionate" theatrical art
In spiritual life, the most important thing for me, however, as for any Orthodox person, is my own spiritual reorganization, everyday attempts with which for a long time lived without considering them sins.
The most important thing in creative life is to find the right balance between the Orthodox worldview and our "passionate" theatrical art.
This is probably very difficult ... Like teaching acting young generation- and it is also a big responsibility. Three years have passed since you and your wife Olga Drozdova at the Institute contemporary art took their first acting course. What are the achievements of your students? What do you think young people are striving for?
Students delight us with the fact that most of them have learned to think and feel on stage. Each of them acquires and expands its own zone of contagion. They are already loved by the audience, which gives us great joy. And one more thing, which may be more important: among them there are pure and whole human characters. We very much hope that our notorious theater world will not be able to damage and crush these natures.
- What advice would you give to guys who want to embark on this path? How can they not lose themselves?
In the acting profession, the most important thing, in my opinion, is the ability to endure, to "plow" without visible results, to wait, while remaining in the best acting form. Without such a skill, no talent, genius, talent in this profession will take place.
- Does professional acting help in revealing oneself, God in oneself?
I can not avoid the topic of hypocrisy. often associated with the danger of spiritual substitution. Many roles are dangerous spiritual state person. After all, an actor must be able to "reincarnate" in his character, in his not only thoughts, but also passions. How did you, being a church person, answer these questions to yourself first of all?
A professional actor is always in control of what he does.
A professional actor always controls what he does and what happens to him on stage or in the frame. Complete reincarnation, one hundred percent immersion in the passions, thoughts and actions of the character you play - this is already a clinical case for psychiatry. For me, acting is nothing more than my job, my profession, even my vocation. And in recent times I began to be very scrupulous in the choice of material, which, perhaps, will be encountered in the work. This applies not only to the role, but also to the work itself, and even to the author. This approach saves me from the internal conflict between faith and acting.
- What projects are you currently involved in? Which ones are of particular interest to you and why?
In the second half of February, the premiere will take place at the M. Yermolova Theater. The performance will be called Don Giovanni. The plot is classic, about Don Juan; the play is modern, the author is our contemporary, an American (who wrote, by the way, about 400 plays). Director - Viktor Shamirov. The work is very interesting for me. The play, on the one hand, is philosophically very deep, and on the other hand, almost a farce. And the director V. Shamirov is very nice to me. He is very talented and also a student of Mark Zakharov, my teacher at Lenkom. In this material, I have the opportunity to tell a story about a man who, having lived his whole life in sin, unexpectedly falls in love. Yes, so much that he himself changes dramatically, and it is in better side. But without repentance there is no salvation: Don Giovanni does not have time to repent and ends up in hell...
There is nothing interesting going on in the movie yet. I shoot regularly - two, three films a year, but there is not much to tell here.
It takes me quite a lot of time musical activity, work with the KarTush group, tours, rehearsals with musicians. last week February, for example, we will spend on a tour of Primorye ...
- I wonder if the priorities in choosing roles have changed?
There is one, but the most important difference is how I chose roles before and now.
A few years ago, when choosing a role, the main thing for me was how I would play this role, what new quality I could shine in front of the audience, what new colors would appear in my acting palette, how I would “sound” in this role. That is, absolutely egocentrically directed curiosity and examining one's own successes under a microscope.
That is, your view in the selection of material has changed, has become deeper - disclosure important topics primarily for the viewer. Orientation not on oneself, not on one's ego - this is how Orthodoxy teaches us. And how do people from your environment (people of cinema, theater and stage), in your opinion, relate to God and the Church?
My environment, which is really significant for me, is mine, first of all: my mother, wife, son, mother-in-law, close friends who are absolutely in solidarity with me in matters of faith and God. With regards to "people of cinema, theater and variety art", then, as in any other profession, there are different people, with completely opposite views on life, the world order and the Church.
And at the end of our conversation, I would like to touch on the topic of art in general ... In your opinion, what is its task in modern world in general, and what should be the goal actually ?
Well, I don’t know ... Maybe the purpose of art is to remind humanity of the existence of higher spiritual values, of the One in whose image and likeness man was created, that everything we do, feel, even think leaves a mark on our ( and not only) soul?
Actor Dmitry Pevtsov told the site about his new series, about the Pevtsov Theater and his attitude to religion.
“Head of the homicide department Rustem Zainullin is accused of killing a colleague and friend...” – NTV channel showed new series"Internal Investigation" with Dmitry Pevtsov in the title role.
But it turned out for People's Artist cinema today is not the most serious reason for an interview. Found something more significant.
I rarely watch TV
- It's a pity to waste time shooting. Long hours of waiting are wasted... The crime genre is in the teeth - now you need to look for new ways to attract viewers. But our story is told with humor. The character is a sort of bully in life. The team turned out great. And I succeeded free time. Everything matched. Otherwise, I would not agree.
- They starred in the series, and you advise people not to turn on the TV.
And I rarely do it myself. Sometimes I watch news, programs about animals, sports.
- Once they said that they were not interested in the opinion of the audience, because they themselves know everything about their work: where it turned out, where - not very much.
That was a few years ago, I wouldn't say that now. Still, my profession is meaningless without spectators. I am my own critic and, of course, I know much more about what I do. But the viewer is what feeds the actor, our full player.
- Which, by the way, what the world stands on scolds the performance of the last season "Don Giovanni", where you the main role: sorry for the money, gone, porn...
- Yes? I haven't read it... Nigro's play is rather complicated, and, in my opinion, the play hasn't been born yet. They were looking for actresses for a long time - a lot depends on them, there was not enough time for rehearsals ... But the story is curious. About a man who lived in hopeless sin and suddenly discovered for himself what love is. At this moment, someone comes and says: it's all over, boy, it's time. And he doesn't even have time to realize how he lived. Not to mention repentance.
- Bad end.
– The ending is tragic, but the play is written in the genre of comedy, there are many jokes, including rude ones, as in medieval farces. At the same time, the story is absolutely philosophical, and, surprisingly, the beginning of the second act looks best, when Don Juan and Leporello discuss where and why they are going. No action - just 20 minutes of conversation. Before the eyes of the audience, two opinions are fighting. The fact is that Leporello and Don Juan are one person. Man and his conscience, or guardian angel...
- If the value of the play is in philosophical reasoning, is low humor necessary?
- It is written by the author. And characterizes the hero. To understand how a person changes, to whom the world has opened for love, you need to see how he was before. One of my performances is like this. But there are many bright ones. On November 16, for example, we will show new version"Lunin", written by the great Radzinsky. XIX century, the nobility, the Decembrists. Highly spiritual, even pathetic play.
Set the table, pour...
– Three years ago, you and your wife Olga started teaching acting skills to students at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Tried to get away from bad TV and movies?
- We always had enough classes: theater, cinema, concerts, television. And then such an offer came in ... It's just that nothing happens. We have been invited to lead the course before, including at VGIK. But obviously the time has come just now. We undertook this not because something is missing - on the contrary, we have something to give. And our life miraculously has changed. Divided into students and "everything else."
- Too much strength, energy, time is taken away?
“It’s just that it’s responsibility, which means help, love. We started creating the Pevtsov Theater studio, we are creating a repertoire so that we can play a lot on serious venues. And there, God willing, and their premises will appear. We call students "our children". And as far as we can, we solve all their problems, starting from medicine and ending with the search for sponsors - so that the guys pay less for education. We live as a friendly team, we meet outside the institute, we tour together. Very quickly, our course was noticed, and a year later the competition at the ISI increased dramatically. Moreover, we invited the best teachers here, now Alexander Viktorovich Zbruev has joined us ... Yes, we have to give a lot. But you get more in return. The joy that you experience from the success of students cannot be compared with any personal achievements: a successful premiere, an award, a flattering review - all this is such nonsense!
Because you have it all.
– I remember my feelings when I received all this. And I still get it, by the way. But when you see how the audience applauds "our children" with tears in their eyes. When they ask the same question: “How do you make so much love come from your students from the stage? ..” No, you can’t buy it for any money. The self-expression of the directors' complexes, the abnormal urges of their organisms - all of Moscow is filled with this. A little less in the provinces, and in the capital - trouble and sadness. They say there are no criteria by which art can be judged. And I think it's obvious. How much kindness, joy, faith, hope, love will a person who sees a film, play or picture get? If he receives nothing, then this work has nothing to do with art.
- Is the goal the creation of a professional troupe?
- Of course. And we want to work with the state and get help from it. Commercial theater is always a struggle for the audience, doing something for the needs, so that people will certainly buy tickets. The path of entreprise does not suit us.
- No matter how good intentions you hide behind, you will be viewed under a strong magnifying glass, criticized as unprofessional teachers and directors who swung at William our Shakespeare.
– We make the theater for the audience, not for the critics, who basically love “themselves in art”. There are very few professionals in this area, perhaps four percent. So let them criticize. I'm not going to direct myself. But Olga is increasingly revealing her talent. Our first performance "Chekhardaj" is her idea and embodiment. Now she is finishing her master's degree at ISI, and it seems to me that a new, unlike any other director, is being born. Lots of plans. We want to invite Igor Ivanovich Sukachev to the production. Sergey Dyachkovsky, actor and director of Lenkom, is already working with our guys...
– Do you tell students that, in general, acting is sinful in essence? Or are you not scared yet?
What are we not talking about! We have soul-saving conversations, both universal and professional, of course. If I start listing topics, it will be necessary to set the table, pour, and then I will tell you everything ...
– I agree... Are you as frank with them as they are with you?
This is the principle of communication. To be cunning: to say one thing, to think another, to do a third is meaningless. Although we - due to their age - are still hiding something. But on stage we are already working as partners. There are no titles.
Demons are always there
- After the death of your eldest son and the departure of your father, your life has changed a lot. Are you turning down a lot of projects?
“I often don’t read the script even to the second page. I do not agree if I can not say something from myself personally. If there is no light, hope, joy, then why?
- After reading the book "Unholy Saints" you decided to get acquainted with the author - now Bishop Tikhon of Yegoryevsk. How did it happen?
- By the will of God. Once I came to a service at the Sretensky Monastery, and they told me: here he comes. I jumped, the archimandrite listened to me for a minute. Then he introduced me to our confessor.
- Did you ask for it?
- Not. I just talked about life situation and shared his opinion about his book, which turned my worldview upside down. Then I listened to the audio recording and realized that I missed a lot with my eyes - Alla Demidova, Egor Beroev, Boris Plotnikov brilliantly read "Unholy Saints". It was a great honor for me to be invited to participate in a literary and musical composition based on the book. When the four-thousand-seat hall fills with these stories and spiritual music during the evening, the feeling is almost like in a temple. And the songs " bell ringing"," Prayer "...
– You recently returned from Perm, where you have been helping to restore the Belogorsky Monastery for many years. Do you have several similar objects?
- Honestly? I don't write. And I don't think it needs to be advertised. Because I get so much more than I give. Or should I shout that I did a good deed? ..
- Near the ISI, a temple is being built in honor of Spyridon of Trimifuntsky. And construction is a long story.
- Ready for the rest of my life. Until death. It became natural for me.
- It has come to statements that you would like to see your son Elisha as a monk and do not exclude such a development of events for yourself.
- Come on! Threw a phrase - journalists inflated. No no. Obviously, I was called to the profession of an actor, especially since there was a concern for children, the theater. Well, what are the monks? Then you have to quit. Except in fifty years...
- Do you think about emigration to the USA now? A few years ago, while on tour, you were looking for real estate there...
- Yes? Interesting. And I don't know.
- They said that Olga was very touched by the story of Alexei Serebryakov, who left for Canada.
- Complete nonsense! Fiction of the yellow press!
- AT last years this has become fashionable among liberals: they vilify their homeland, leave as if for the sake of their children, but continue to earn money in Russia.
- God bless them all!
– Churching is a difficult and slow path. Have you managed to overcome something in yourself, to learn humility?
- Orthodoxy is the only Christian denomination, the essence of which is that a person must work on himself hourly. Faith in God alone is not enough. The devils also know that He exists. They just treat Him differently. The whole point of the Orthodox faith is that every moment you must strive for the ideal. And the ideal is our Savior. Compliance is difficult. Every second we are faced with a choice: to throw a cigarette butt in a trash can or on the pavement - a small one, but a choice. Call someone to apologize or don't. Demons are always there. And the better you try to be, the more they get you. Anger, irritation, condemnation, pride... Sometimes they are hard to notice. Not something to overcome. As the holy fathers write, the purer and healthier the human soul becomes, the more the sins with which it has become overgrown are revealed. One archbishop told me a joke: “There is a congress of devils. The first one gets up: we always say to the Orthodox - don’t go to church, don’t take communion, it’s difficult - you have to get up early. We work and work, and only 2-3 percent manage to convince. The second complains: we explain endlessly - fasting is unhealthy, sleep longer on Sunday. Nothing helps! The third one comes out: you idiots! do not know how to work with the Orthodox! you have to say: fast, take communion, go to church. Do everything. Nose tomorrow...»
Is Elisha also with you in the temple?
Yes, almost from birth. Calmly stands the liturgy, confesses, takes communion. I myself am surprised - he finds his meaning in the temple, and it is not difficult for him to be at the Sretensky Monastery early in the morning on Sunday. There are two services. But late, at ten, there are a lot of people, at seven - less.
- With the advent of students in your life, there was no time left for your son at all?
“Ha ha… It used to be less. Elisha is now best friend students, he has his favorites. Watching plays several times.
So you didn't leave him a choice?
“He is adaptable and patient.
I mean he will follow in your footsteps.
- Is not a fact. It doesn't matter what profession he chooses. The main thing is to become a full-fledged and good-natured person.
Best friend is wife
You don't watch TV, you don't read newspapers. But it is impossible to be apolitical today.
– I am an absolutely ardent Putinist. I have been watching what is happening in the country for a long time - I am 53 years old. In 1991, I already figured everything out. And I see how the country has changed since 2000, when Putin came. I don't compare. But... Nicholas II wrote in the profile column "profession": "master of the Russian Land." Today, the so-called liberal intelligentsia reminds me very much of the people who ultimately led to the assassination of the Tsar in 1918. They do everything but themselves. And you need to start with the questions: what am I? What did you do for your country to make it better? Am I a sinless angel to blaspheme the government? I am deeply convinced that for the first time in 70 years a professional leader has come who works for this state. And, for a moment, once a week he confesses and takes communion. I know exactly! And that tells me a lot. Truly Orthodox person cannot do evil. Even if he does such a slippery business. Leading Russia is extremely difficult. But everywhere, at all speeches, including in front of students, I say: we live in a country that has already risen from its knees. We became stronger, and they began to fear and hate us - which is worth only the scandal with the Olympians. They want to get out. provoke. We are annoying. And we are getting stronger. Unlike Europe falling apart. And America - a colossus with feet of clay. Such is my feeling of politics today. Although a few years ago I was on the side of the intelligentsia, which has been fighting the authorities since Soviet times. Very bad habit!
- What is the root of evil?
– When they try to “do good”, starting not from themselves, the soul is destroyed. This is a loss of energy, strength. You need to drink from somewhere. And the drink is negative energy, aggression.
Are your liberal colleagues shunning you now?
- I am not a part of creative environment. I don't communicate with anyone. My best friend is my wife.
- But what about general concerts, parties?
Do you think we're talking heart to heart? I beg of you! A joint concert is not a political debate. And I'm not going to impose my opinion on anyone. As well as "inculcate" the Orthodox faith. The person will come to her. Or won't come. Throwing pearls in front of pigs is dangerous. For "they will trample it under their feet, and turning back, they will tear you to pieces."
Henry of Navarre in "Queen Margo", Lawyer in "Gangster Petersburg", Innokenty Volodin in "In the First Circle" - this is perhaps a very small part of the film roles of the wonderful actor Dmitry Pevtsov, who is known to many viewers of our country. He also plays in the theater, recently sings, and is still filming a lot. However, this is not surprising - a talented person is talented in everything.
At the end of 2012, on the official website of Dmitry Anatolyevich, quite unexpectedly, a letter appeared with the heading “Forgive me, good people!”. In it, he asked for forgiveness from everyone he offended: from journalists, fans, colleagues in the acting department. This message produced the effect of an exploding bomb - sincerity in the manifestation of feelings, especially penitent ones, is not particularly expected from public people. The reason for the letter was a terrible tragedy: in September last year, the actor's son, 22-year-old Daniel, died.
Here are just a few lines from this message: “This is not nonsense, not public self-flagellation and not a PR stunt. This is my body's urgent request to apologize, just to ask for forgiveness. The beginning of everything, of course, laid the grief that happened in my family. Such an unexpected, simply improbable departure from the life of my eldest son Daniel ... I have not experienced anything more terrible in my incomplete fifty years ... But any medal has flip side, and the departure of Daniel has changed (and continues to change) a lot in me. Without going into the details of my inner life, I can only say that I began to “look back” more often and find “debts” in my past - something for which I have not yet apologized and received no forgiveness: resentment, anger, condemnation, unnecessary words, actions and thoughts, something for which, it turns out, I am still ashamed of <...> It is impossible to change in a second, but it seems to me that we must try, our soul is immortal, and we must live not before people, but before God. And He sees everything! Thank you and forgive me again! Thank you! Dmitry Pevtsov.
Then Dmitry Anatolyevich gave an interview on the air of one of the TV channels, where he openly called himself a Christian. At any time it is surprising, but even more - if it does a famous person, from whom no one expected either letters asking for forgiveness, or a conversation about faith in Christ.
We decided to talk with Dmitry Pevtsov, ask him a few questions in order to try to better understand him - as a person. After all, it is always joyful when another Christian enters the Church: consciously and sincerely. Dmitry Anatolyevich answered our questions by mail, so the interview turned out to be short.
Dmitry Anatolyevich, of course, it is strange to ask such a question to a person whom you personally do not know and, probably, you will not even see anywhere except on the screen, but still: how did faith in God appear in your life? And besides everything else - He Himself? When did it happen?
I'm not sure that faith is already with me, I'm just slowly moving towards it. Probably, to describe this process figuratively, I have not yet entered the temple, I am standing on the threshold and occasionally, when someone opens the door, I can see the iconostasis, interior decoration, but only for brief moments, until the door slammed shut again. This is the very beginning of the path to God.
I was baptized a long time ago, but this sacrament was for me nothing more than a church rite. I did not understand, and most importantly, did not feel the essence of this sacrament, and, of course, no changes occurred with my personality then.
On the third of September last year, my eldest son Daniel left us. And his departure, so light and bright for him and so unexpected and terrible for us, his close people, has changed something in me greatly. It was probably impossible to reconcile and accept such an event without faith in God.
The last impetus for the beginning of my churching was the book of Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) "Unholy "saints" ...", after reading which I came to the church out of a deep inner desire.
For many parents who have lost children, a completely natural question to God arises: “Why?”. And many find it difficult to believe not even in whether God exists or not, but in His absolute goodness. There is grumbling and resentment against God, up to renunciation and falling away from the Church. Have you experienced something similar? And if they did, was it possible to overcome it? What helped you?
My wife Olga helped me to resist, survive, cope and, of course, faith in God. True, I'm not sure that this is final, but I think the worst is over. As for such losses and our “why”, “for what” ... Our love for loved ones is always selfish to some extent: we love not only a person, but also our love for him, thus, as if appropriating this loved one. And when we lose it, it turns out that something was taken away from us, something extraordinarily expensive and ours was torn from us! And that's when these wrong questions begin... We must learn to let go of God given - He gave, He takes it from us.
No, I have not encountered such an attitude. As for the people around me in general, their opinion of me worries me a little. As for friends, I don’t have many of them, but they are real friends, and that says it all.
- What role (or roles) would you refuse without hesitation and why?
From boring, not talentedly written, but also from those that do not carry the light of God in themselves.
Many actors, coming seriously to God, begin to feel that their profession prevents them from living "honestly" according to God's commandment. How do you feel about the opinion of many people in the Church that acting and theater are not pleasing to God?
As for real theater, high theatrical art, then it brings people love, goodness, light, hope in many ways. The acting profession is only a profession, of which humanity has a huge variety. And you need to learn to separate life and work.
As an actor with thirty years of experience, I will say this: if you are mentally healthy, be kind enough to leave your stage creativity on stage and screen, and in life try to be a normal Christian.
- In one of the interviews you said that it is extremely difficult to play yourself. Why?
The more dissimilar to me the character to be played is, the more difficult and curious it is for me to complete this task, the more my imagination works, the more my professional skills and the excitement of overcoming are turned on. For myself, as a character, I am rather boring and uninteresting, and with such an attitude towards the role, nothing good will come of it.
We have watched several interviews and programs with your participation recently, and it became clear that you are a joyful and kind person, despite the trials that fall to your lot. This is a rarity - and not only in our time. Where do you draw strength from?
Of course, I draw from the Lord God, from my relatives, whom He gave me.
- What is the most important thing for you in life - specifically in yours and not only?
Finding joy is very important to me. I really want to grope and follow the path, at the end of which is the acquisition of the Kingdom of God.
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Dmitry Pevtsov is one of those actors who are always successful. And as a result, they are always surrounded by attention. Pevtsov is clearly tired of this attention and is trying to keep his distance. Emphatically aloof, laconic ... The image of Pierrot suits him very well. But there is another Singer, and I know him
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[...] I see that Olya is an indisputable authority for you. Do you always trust her opinion?
Yes, always in any questions she is for me main man. Starting from my hairstyle and clothes, and ending with the profession and raising a child.
Your long marriage with Olga is admirable, in the acting environment this is a rarity, especially in our time. Tell me, have you had situations on the verge of divorce?
No. Quarrels - the maximum that was. Even just raising your voice in our family is not customary. Any problems are solvable if you understand: there is something important that needs to be stored and protected.
Why was the son called Elisha?
Everything is very simple: we knew approximately what day he would be born, and according to the calendar, we chose a name.
Has the birth of your son affected your relationship in any way? Have they gotten stronger?
Well, relationships grow or break whether or not children are born into the family. I remember that at school in physics we went through the homogenization of metals, when two solid substances, under tight compression, penetrate each other after a while, becoming one. Here with Olga, this process has been going on for twenty years. And Elisha brought joy - motherhood, fatherhood, and conscious. My wife is a normal crazy mother who suffers from the fact that, as it seems to her, she does not devote enough time to her child due to serious employment in the theater. And I tell her: stop messing around with him, everything will end with the fact that he will grow up, bring a girl and say: “Mom, this is Ira / Masha / Katya, she will live with us” ... Get used to it in advance that this is not only “ yours is yours."
Did your parents treat you the same way?
I'm a mother's boy. And he grew up in a happy Soviet “cell of society”. And when he brought Olga to meet her parents, she immediately took her place in the family. With my mother, they generally changed places: Olga is the mother-in-law, and mother is the daughter-in-law ... ( smiling.) I'm monogamous, as it turned out. And Olya is the head of the family.
You talk about it so easily. So, as a man, this suits you perfectly.
In fact, this happens in every family. Men just don't want to admit it. A woman is a realist, she is closer to the earth. Women live longer, have children, they are psychologically stronger, more physically resilient and less prone to insanity than men.
Are you prone to insanity yourself?
No, I am an ordinary “amateur functionary” in the profession and a sportsman in life. I live for my own pleasure, I try not to interfere with the lives of others.
Nothing was known about your eldest son Danila all these years. Did you keep in touch with him?
He has been living in Russia for the last few years. Before that, she and her mother were in Canada. When they arrived, Danya did not speak Russian well, and, of course, at first there were problems at school, but he is flexible, gradually adapted and, thank God, finished school well. He did not enter the theater the first time - and that was also good, he was not ready. I got him a job as a fitter in Lenkom, he worked here for a season - and the work was quite hard - he saw the theater from the inside, attended rehearsals, and his desire to be an artist became conscious. Since I worked with him, prepared him, I can firmly say that Dani has abilities. If he works on himself correctly, maybe in 10-15 years he will become a good artist.
When did you start talking? When did you feel that you and your son were on the same wavelength?
Probably when he graduated from high school. We began to speak professional themes and not just about problems at school and on the street.
Tell me, what is it like to have an adult son right away?
I'll tell you this: I like that I have an adult son and that he looks so much like me. He makes me happy, and in some matters he is even more mature than I think.
Dima, my advice: do not give your son a car in the near future!
(Laughs.) No, you need to grow up to the car. Once he asked me to buy him a motor scooter. And I said: “OK, but first you learn to drive, get a job so that you have something to pay for the motorcycle, and then I will give money for a scooter, but in debt!” Now Danya is finishing her driving courses...
That is, you truly experienced the joy of fatherhood only when you were born younger son?
Probably, and even the age now is such that I can realize this joy. And when Danya was born ... I was young and stupid, I didn’t understand what it was like to be a father. I didn't think about it at all. Thanks to Larisa, his mother, for saving my son for me, the way he is. She raised him and raised him.
I am in your country house I saw a battery of children's cars, they occupied a whole garage! Are you preparing your son for Formula 1?
I don't have that much money. ( smiling.) It's just that my son really loves cars. We recently counted: he has more than a hundred cars. At two years old, he knows the names of almost all car models that drive through the streets of Moscow. No one specifically taught him this. But most of all he likes KamAZ and Gazelle.
Your youngest son is growing up as a patriot! It's fine. Dima, did you tell your eldest son what a contrary correct student you were, and even the head of the course?
He didn't tell, but he heard about it. I'm actually glad that I was the headman, although it was hard. I could not afford to be late, oversleep, otherwise how to ask others? I was sickeningly correct. If someone was late for a lecture, I forbade that student to enter the auditorium. Terrible. ( laughing.) I went out into the yard and shouted: “Sudakovites!!! (Our artistic directors were Irina Ilyinichna Sudakova and Lidia Nikolaevna Knyazeva.) To the lecture!!!” And everyone went, because they did not want to mess with the "frostbitten headman." And I threw desks, yelled at them ...
Why do you have such aggression?
It was a fanatical devotion to teachers and discipline. During the four years that I was the headman, I lost my sense of humor. Then it returned, but this developed hypertrophied responsibility led to the fact that I forgot how to tell jokes. But I didn’t drink at all, I didn’t smoke, for each lesson I acting skills brought 3-4 sketches and saved energy and health.
