Renata Litvinova:

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One of the most unusual and beautiful women in Russian cinema, a person from another planet, a modern girl with an absolutely out-of-date appearance - as soon as they do not call Renata Litvinova. A talented actress, an accomplished and recognized director, a popular TV presenter - and this is also all about her.

Renata, you stand out very much from the rest of your colleagues in the shop, tell me, what is it like to feel like a kind of "black sheep"?

Short questionnaire

Are you friends with the Internet?

I do not need it.

What is an unaffordable luxury for you?

For some reason, everyone considers me to be rich, of course, it flatters me very much, but even when I buy a phone, I always look at the price….

What animal do you associate yourself with?

With cat.

Did you have a nickname as a child?

Renatka.

What is the difference between a man and a woman?

Men are very mysterious creatures for me.

What turns you on?

Take young …

Are you an owl or a lark?

Owl.

Do you have a talisman?

Yes, my Kira Muratova.

How do you relieve stress?

For me, the best thing that can be is communication with my daughter.

Where did you last vacation?

Not all actors have vacations.

What melody is on your mobile phone?

I do not focus on the model itself, much less on the call.

Favorite aphorism?

Be afraid of your wishes - they will come true.

Shouldn't every woman feel special, different from others? Yes, I think that I am not like everyone else, and for me this is an advantage, not a disadvantage. I think that a woman should be different, shimmer and sparkle with different facets, but to be the same and similar to others all the time - ugh, it's very boring.

But still, I want to understand where you are real, and where is the mask, for example, your special manner of speaking …

Oh-oh-oh … (rolls his eyes) And now you will say that this is some kind of demonstration, show off … (tiredly) Yes! Yes, yes, yes!.. So what? All women paint their lips, this is also a show off, but no one reproaches them for this, and why? Yes, because everyone does this, it is accepted, but if someone behaves in an unusual way - not good, not bad, but unusual, not like everyone else - and they will immediately begin to point fingers and say that he is acting. I like to be different, I am all real or all fake, as you please, but I am always adequate. Everything that you see (circling himself in an elegant flirtatious movement) is absolutely natural for me, I never only do not talk about my peculiarity, but I don’t even think about it, if I start thinking that way, then I’ll just turn into down. Some people around me, the audience, the fans consider me to be some kind of "not that", but I assure you, only because I get out of the usual picture.

Usually all creative, talented people talk about some kind of muse, special inspiration, everyone describes their feelings in completely different ways, but they agree on one thing - there is something “like that”. Can you feel it?

Of course (very emotional)! I even feel too much. They will now again be mistaken for an attempt to stand out, but I will nevertheless say: I feel the special attention of some higher forces to myself. But this is natural - I am a believer, I believe in God, and he treats each of us in a special way, just not everyone feels it. I have a strong feeling that a lot is happening in my life for a reason, I feel that someone is directing me, but it is very difficult to talk about it. After all, you cannot sort it out on the shelves, you cannot imagine some iron facts, all this is at the level of feelings, shades of perception! Trying to convey this in words is close to some kind of madness. Therefore, I am not talking about it, I am silent.

Does such a heightened perception of reality help in life and work?

Oh, in different ways. Very often I feel a lot about the people I meet, especially in my dreams. For example, I met a person, and then in a dream about him some information comes, like a dossier from some heavenly office. Everyone must have had such a thing that, you start talking with a stranger and you feel that something is not right, you don’t want to communicate with him, you want to run away. It's just that I probably have this feeling more acute, hypertrophied or something. For some reason, such things about people are reported to me from there, which is the most scary. And when he gets sick, and how much money is in the wallet, and the like.

Once in the company she told a man what photos he had in his wallet, so he almost fainted. He hid from everyone that he had children, but he carried photographs with him.

Probably, it is much easier to live when you are "warned" about something or someone, many mistakes can be avoided …

Nothing like this! All the same, difficulties cannot be avoided, admit it, it happened with you, when you know that something will happen, but you can’t do anything, did it happen? There is, I think, a certain human irreversibility, all the same, trials and difficulties cannot be avoided, they still have to be overcome. And they warn us about them not so that we can bypass them, we cannot play around here, but in order to prepare for these difficulties. I have the feeling that each person is as if condemned to their own trials. And you can acquire something for yourself only by overcoming everything. I fully adhere to the position when they say that "everyone has only what he earned himself." I have always said and will repeat again: there are no “failed geniuses”.

Well, and the "held" - who are they for you? Who do you consider to be genius actresses, and are there such, in your opinion?

Undoubtedly! There are the greatest, outstanding actresses, we are talking about actresses, right? For me, this is Doronina, for example, and of course, Nonna Mordyukova stands apart. This is a unique woman, a man of enormous, boundless talent and spiritual strength. At first I did not understand why directors use Mordyukova so little. But when I started working with her myself, it became clear to me that it was impossible to play with her next to her, in comparison with her, everything pales, and the male actors too. But at the same time, I have never made a movie so quickly and so easily! I put the camera down and tried not to interfere with it - that's all! What she said, such monologues about life, about love, will not be written by any screenwriter!

Yes, all our actresses should remember Mordyukova every day before going to bed and pray for her, because she alone by her existence and work in the cinema justifies the existence of other actresses.

This is how you need to work on yourself in order to achieve such mastery in the profession …

It won't help (makes surprised eyes)! That is, no, it is wrong … I am firmly convinced that talent is either from birth, from God, or not. You cannot find originality in yourself, if you do not have it in you, it will seem that you have found something of your own, but in fact you only look like someone, and this image is not yours. There are a lot of great people, not endowed with any talent, who are trying to fit in with someone. Here is the same Doronin. Why did her impetuosity, her kind of "beautiful madness" turn into a style? Yes, because it is peculiar only to her, and the energy that comes from her is simply monstrous, she simply suppresses, hypnotizes everyone around. And therefore the people around such a person are very few in number, you yourself have to be an outstanding person in order to have the strength to withstand such a pressure.

Yes, the personal life of such people is, to put it mildly, difficult. But after all, every woman has the right to be happy, despite even a strong contradictory character, doesn't she?

You know, two bright strong people rarely unite in life, like magnets, which are repelled by the poles of the same name. As a rule, a strong woman attracts a weak man or vice versa.

You see, a strong person is always a little selfish, he wants to be reckoned with, that's why he is looking for someone to be on the sidelines, even in joy. These unions are harmonious, however, there are exceptions.

Well, and you …

Enough, enough, enough … (interrupts) I know, now you are going to ask about my union, my family … I don't like to talk about it, so I will speak briefly: it is very, very important to find a person who will be a wonderful, correct and only father of your future little one miracle. It just happened for me that I met my man and God immediately gave me a child. Love and family are wonderful, but a child is a special feminine happiness. If only she did that she gave birth to children … (closes her eyes dreamily)

Renata, your child was born quite late, in your paintings you often refer to the topic of old age, is this a sore point for you?

No, probably … I do not hide my age, everyone knows how old I am, but I will not mention it once again, for a woman it is unnatural! It is necessary to grow old beautifully, nobly, this is generally a gift from heaven - to grow old beautifully and with dignity.

Maybe immodest, but I can say this about myself, I recently looked at my old photos and thought: "Damn, well done, you are aging beautifully!" Well, the soul does not age in principle.

Well, what about beauty salons, fitness clubs, beauty treatments? The soul is forever young, but the body needs help, right?

Well, if you take me, the only thing I do to stay fit is to eat less. Your inner forces will not cope with the amount of food that you consume every day, because even in the scriptures it is written that you need to think more about your own soul than about your kind. We need to be more calm about all this, we are all mortal in the end, including those who struggle in gyms, pump silicone breasts and rub their heads with urine for some effect. Any grooming should have reasonable limits.

I am very sorry that it is time for us to end our conversation, it is incredibly interesting to talk to you, but, nevertheless, the last question. Renata, you are a successful woman, a happy mother, a talented person … Are you afraid of anything?

More than anything else, I am afraid of dullness, of what is called the norm, the normality. This is the worst thing for me. It's like gray baggy clothes. Convenient, practical, not annoying. But you will not be noticed in such clothes! My personal "crazy" is very dear to me, which I support in myself in every possible way, and, by the way, this is what I call individuality.