All the best in oneself is owed to childhood.
Gennady Khazanov is a man with a unique perspective. And he knows this, of course. In his performances, he loved to set aside the text and look into the audience. For some reason, the viewers found it funny. As if they were caught in a thought they were not yet ready to express. Now Gennady Viktorovich is the head of the Estrada Theater, he deals with a multitude of issues and is incredibly proud of the new productions. Here are some quotes from Khazanov.
About People
“Not long before her death, the widow of U.S. President John Kennedy, Jacqueline, said a wonderful phrase: ‘I have realized throughout my life that you cannot demand too much from life.’ A very accurate formulation! Perhaps, with the years, it becomes easier to love people. There comes the realization that there is such a thing as human life, why it is given... I think a lot about this topic.”
About Recognition
“Of course, I became older, developed, and changed. But I will say frankly: everything is determined by childhood. I was very lucky. I crossed paths with unique people of our domestic culture. And they could not help but influence me. I wasn’t very diligent in my studies, a truant, but despite this, somehow certain concepts and principles were instilled in me. Many of my acquaintances live their lives in a mode of complaints about what they have not been given - recognition, awards, this, that. I am not being disingenuous and can say - I often ask myself the question: why have you been given so much?”
About the Parrot Kesha
“Am I known as the one who voiced the parrot Kesha? That’s joyful. In general, having lived my life, I realized: first of all, if you can, you should do something for children. This is how you create a monument for yourself. Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky, who turns 100 this year, has erected a monument for all time. It is impossible to pass by his songs. As for the cartoon - perhaps, it is the luck of the animators. I have a very small relation to this. Well, it just happened... ”
About Garik Kharlamov
“I really love Garik, and at first, Garik did not evoke any emotions in me. He was just starting out, and his grandfather asked me: ‘What do you think, does Garik have a future or not?’ I said: ‘Well, let’s see...’ And after a while, I see how he is getting on his feet. Garik has become very... Not professional, because being professional and being good are not always the same. He is good, alive, breathing. He does not have a classical theatrical education, so it was difficult for him, he gradually progressed... Today, among all members of the Comedy Club, he is the strongest. I also really love Karibidis there, but to be fair, I will say: Garik’s range is wider.”
Quotes from Monologues
“Father is a doctor, mother is a teacher, and the son is a fool! The guy is 15 years old - a complete idiot! I was silent for three days, on the fourth I couldn’t stand it. I said:
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Dad, you are a doctor, and your son, by the way, smokes, smokes, smokes!
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What, that often?
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No, only when he loses at cards.
They forgot that they are intelligent people. They took off their belt and gave him a beating: they started on the 28th and finished on the 1st” (“The Parrot's Monologue,” 1981).
“On Monday in Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen - 17 degrees Celsius, in Brussels and London - 18, in Paris, Dublin, and Prague - 19. In the village of Gadyukino - rain...
On Tuesday, sunny weather will persist in Europe, windsurfing in the Mediterranean, freestyle in the Swiss Alps. In the village of Gadyukino - rain.
On Wednesday, it will be even better in Cannes, Grenoble, and Luxembourg, quite nice in Venice... The village of Gadyukino will be washed away. Moscow time - 23 hours 35 minutes. On ‘Mayak’ - light music” (“And Briefly About the Weather,” 1991).
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