My Profession

"My Profession" — is an unusual book. First of all, because it was written by a person who created a unique theater and invented a profession that did not exist before him.

This theater in Moscow on Sadovaya-Samotchnaya is now known all over the world. And it all started with a small doll Bi-ba-bo, which Sergei Obraztsov's mother gifted him in childhood.

To travel the path from a small doll to a huge renowned theater — you must agree, not everyone is capable of that. What qualities must one possess, how obsessed must one be with their work for this to happen?

While reading "My Profession," you will hear the voice of a person who sincerely loved his work and his audience. And most importantly — wanted to make the world a better and kinder place. "The process of creativity, — he wrote, — resembles the famous episode from a Russian fairy tale, in which Ivan Tsarevich obtains a chest, and from the chest a hare, and from the hare a duck, and from the duck an egg, and from the egg a needle. Moreover, the hare tries to run away, the duck — to fly away, the egg — to sink. This entire complicated process would be meaningless and foolish if it all ended with an ordinary needle. The point is not about the needle, but that when you break it, Koschei the Immortal will die, Vasilisa the Beautiful will be saved, and good will triumph."

Obraztsov addresses his book not only to colleagues — actors and directors, but to each of us. And believe me, it inspires better than all motivational texts combined.