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Looking back at the life already lived, sometimes you want to change something: give yourself advice, warn, protect yourself from mistakes and bitter lessons … Hollywood actress Kathy Bates, as well as Vladimir Pozner, Irina Bezrukova, Leonid Yarmolnik and Maria Golubkina turn to themselves young with words encouragement, wishes and advice.
American actress and director Kathy Bates, winner of the Oscar, known to many for the TV series American Horror Story, has her 73rd birthday today. This is a great occasion to remember what advice she would like to give her 30-year-old self. Not even one
- I would tell myself a lot… First of all, respect yourself, take care of your body.
- Look for happiness in every moment — something like this is usually written on greeting cards.
- Listen before you speak is one of the most important pieces of advice.
- Appreciate your friends.
- When criticizing someone, try to do it kindly, do not fill your life and the lives of those around you with negativity.
- Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.
- If a relationship, be it a friendship or a love affair, hurts you, don’t be afraid to leave.
We asked domestic stars to address themselves as young.
Vladimir Pozner, writer and TV journalist
In the movie «West Side Story» there is a wonderful scene: a teenager, a member of the Jets gang, enters the store, the owner of which is 50 years old. The owner begins to teach him the mind: “When I was as old as you, I …” The teenager explodes and shouts in response: “You have never been as old as me!”
The meaning is clear: when this 50-year-old man was 15, the world was different, and it is completely different now. So the maximum that I can do for my former self is to try to understand him and his actions.
Irina Bezrukova, actress
My dear, good Irisha! I am writing you a letter from the future: now it is possible. I want you to go through all your life lessons and get the necessary experience. Know that you have always remained on the bright side, always listened to your heart and your intuition. And remember what you promised your mom when you were 11 when she passed away.
I promised you that you would be a good person. Please remember this. Only angels don’t make mistakes. Just try to live by listening to your soul and heart, and not the opinions of others or your own experiences and fears. Believe me, you will achieve more than you can wish for now. And know: I love you!
Leonid Yarmolnik, actor and producer
I would wish my twenty-year-old self to do everything so that today would take place exactly as it is. Why? Simply because I am a very happy person!
Maria Golubkina, actress
Everything that happened to me at the age of 20 was good. Give yourself advice not to be a “goat-dereza”? But it’s so boring! If I were a calm, complaisant girl so that my future husband would like him, he would not have married me! He liked the daring and the bold; True, then he got tired of the eternal holiday, but that’s a completely different story.
Mom always told me: “Be calm, don’t open up to people like that!” And I wondered: why shouldn’t I be the way I am? This is our way, and only our own actions and even mistakes can teach us something. From what could, I warned myself. And if I had the opportunity now to talk to myself, a 20-year-old, I would say: “Do as you want!”
The only thing I really regret is that I came to church only recently. In my youth, the Christian faith seemed too boring to me: prayers, confessions, endless prohibitions. On the other hand, with my character, I would still do the same things — with or without the presence of the church in my life. It’s just that at the age of 20 I didn’t have my own opinion yet, otherwise I would have been friends with my father for 17 years longer.
Many regret that they were not bolder in their youth, but this is not about me. «Dementia and courage» is my motto. I have always allowed myself the luxury of being who I am, doing what I want.