My teacher Yevgeny Ivanovich Tashkov once said: "What is art for? soften the heart only. So that the heart sympathizes, sympathizes: sympathizes. This is the principle of compassion - that's what we are for. And not to be spectacular! "After VGIK I wanted to shoot something grandiose, something that would transform a person from the inside, change the world. Only now I began to understand the simple words, but so deep. We need to imagine less about ourselves. We are all soap bubbles. Our life on earth in a historical context is a moment. All we can do is serve God and the people. according to your strength and talent. each in his place. This is the hardest thing.