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Her acting list includes roles in five dozen films, from Yeralash to Brest Fortress. But one of them – in the STS series “The Eighties” – has not yet been completed: the actress again travels in a turbulent time of change and youth of her parents. Before the start of the new season, Anna Tsukanova-Kott answered our questions.
1. Describe yourself in four words.
Curious, funny, small, joyful.
2. What irritates you often?
Rude behavior of people around, amateurism, an unpleasant tone in conversation, or simply impoliteness.
3. What is your craziest spending?
I spend money on oysters. Yes, these are crazy expenses, but I love them very much. I can eat half my salary, traveling to the places where they live.
4. What would you change about yourself?
Wouldn’t change anything. Everything suits me. I feel in harmony with myself – the way I am.
5. Are you a rebel or a conformist?
I am a rebel. How can it be without rebellion when everyone around is so social?!
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6. Who is your example?
My friends and parents. And my husband also greatly influenced me – with his vision of the world and ideas about how to live.
7. Who do you usually consult with?
With husband and son. They give the best advice in the world!
8. A book that helped get through hard times.
I was greatly influenced by the book “The Diamond Cutter” by Michael Roach – it is about the fact that any of our thoughts, emotions and actions have their consequences, remain in us and determine what we will become in the future. And I really started to take more responsibility for what I say and do. But of course, there are a lot of books that really help. I even maintain a blog on the Snoba website, where every week I post a summary of the book I just read – I write out the most valuable thoughts and ideas of the author there.
9. When did you become the person you are now?
They always have been. It’s like she was born like that. I don’t feel internal changes since childhood, except that I have now read more books.
10. What are you most proud of?
With my family. We are very friendly. Our family is a real gang. My relatives are the most unusual people I know.
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11. What is the biggest difference between a man and a woman?
In relation to problems. Men and women have different approaches to their solution.
12. What is your favorite way to procrastinate?
I only procrastinate when I’m really, really tired. By the way, in connection with this question, did you remember another book that had a strong influence on me? – “Flow”. Its author, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, writes that we can always get into a state of flow, get carried away, enjoy what we do. Even if you just need to take out the garbage or pay a fine for improper parking. Procrastination is an attempt to run away from something you don’t like to do. And I have a different approach: try to make what I need to do now as pleasant as possible.
13. If you weren’t yourself, what would you like to be?
Alien. I would like to be born and live on another planet. I believe that somewhere in space there is life. And I would like to experience a different, alien consciousness, a different view of the world, not conditioned by society and the usual physical laws.
14. What is the secret to a happy life?
Do whatever you want!
Anna Tsukanova-Kott, film actress, starred in 17 plots of Yeralash as a child, played the role of Katya Tatarinova in the musical Nord-Ost. The first big role in the movie is a witch in the series “Clean Keys” by Vladimir Basov (2003). Other works include Christina in Viola Tarakanova (2004), Evdokia in Fathers and Sons (2008), Sonya in Brest Fortress (2010). In the series “Eighties” (2012–2015) plays student Ekaterina Polyakova. Watch the new season of the series on the STS channel from November 23.