When an actor comes to you and starts working with the script, the image of his character that you had in your mind gets substituted with an image of that particular actor. And this is the right way to go.… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
When I was shooting the film I did not see the story as an everyday tale or a social one. To a great extent, the film is a mythological look on human life. This is probably what I would like… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate the way… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
Church, the spiritual power, and the executive power are working today united in a system that confronts people. This alliance or cooperation between the… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
I knew, starting in 10th grade, I wanted to be in theater and an actor. I went to acting school in Siberia, but there… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
Everything that fed my energy and imagination is something that I'm disinclined to speak about. — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
Observing life, living through it. As you experience life some events call upon you to suffer through them and that's what brings inspiration. — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm fixated on describing any kind of relationship whether it is a father and a son, or a family. I don't… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
Art is not some sort of guideline for understanding. It's a thing unto itself. — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
Most Russians don't treat the government, or those in power, as something close to them. They don't believe that they, as ordinary people, are… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
There are things which are without answers, and there is nobody who can explain them. Either we feel them and sense them, or not.… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
When an actor comes to you and starts working with the script, the image of his character that you had in your mind gets… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
Some actors come to casting and ask me, "Didn't you see my previous roles?" We do not work with actors like this. Their previous… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
