Mirror (1975)
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy: Aleksei
Quotes
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Aleksei : A poet is called upon to provoke a spiritual jolt and not to cultivate idolaters.
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Aleksei : What is he doing?
Natalya : He is a writer.
Aleksei : Doesn't his name happen to be Dostoyevsky?
Natalya : Yes, Dostoyevsky.
Aleksei : He hasn't written anything worthwhile. Nobody knows him. He must be about 40, isn't he? Apparently he's got no talent?
Natalya : You've changed so much.
Aleksei : So, he has no talent, he doesn't write anything.
Natalya : He does write, but they don't publish him.
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Aleksei : He works for a newspaper. And thinks he's a writer, too. Though he's unable to understand that a book is not a way of making money but a statement.
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Elderly Maria : What's wrong with your voice?
Aleksei : Nothing serious. I guess it's just a sore throat. I haven't spoken to anyone for three days. I even liked it. I think it's good to keep silent for a while. Words can't express everything a person feels. Words are flaccid.
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Natalya : You won't be able to live a normal life with anyone.
Aleksei : Probably.
Natalya : Don't feel offended. You seem to be convinced that the very fact of your existence close by, will make everybody happy. You only know how to demand.
Aleksei : That's because I was brought up by women. If you don't want Ignat to become like that, get married as soon as possible.
Natalya : Get married to whom?
Aleksei : This I don't know. Or give Ignat to me.
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Aleksei : When I recall my childhood and my mother, somehow she always has your face. I know why though. I pity you both, you and her.
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Aleksei : Usually we spotted our people as soon as they appeared from behind a bush in the mid-field. If he turned from the bush towards our house, then it's father. If not, it meant it was not father, and that father would never come.
