What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Cinema 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… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Alliances 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,… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Acting Copy Share Image
Everything that fed my energy and imagination is something that I'm disinclined to speak about. — Andrey Zvyagintsev Energy 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… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Events 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.… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Delicate Copy Share Image
Art is not some sort of guideline for understanding. It's a thing unto itself. — Andrey Zvyagintsev Art 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… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Able Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me is the image, not the thought. — Andrey Zvyagintsev Important 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,… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Answers 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… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Believe 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.… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Ask me 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… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Audience Copy Share Image
Film entertains with different angles, quick moves, like a commercial. But filmmakers like [Wim] Wenders allow themselves to observe a subject for… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Angle Copy Share Image
