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
