Ruslana Pysanka told me a lot about myself in an interview.
Ukrainian actress said that she’s still invited to the Russian TV, as fans serenaded her under the balcony, why a show about dancing changed her attitude towards men and about the play “the Train “Odessa-Mama” (may 24, ICCC).
Name: Ruslana Pysanka
Born: 17 November 1965 in Kiev (Ukraine)
Ukrainian actress, TV presenter. Born in the family of cameraman Igor Nikolaevich, Pisanko (the real name of the actress spelled that way). Popularity to it was brought by the transfer of “Weather” on the channel “inter”. Also led the reality show “Office romance” together with Vladimir Zelensky.
He graduated from the directing Department of the Kiev state Institute of culture, specialty “Director of television”. Participated in projects of Ukrainian and Russian TV channels. In 2010 participated in the show “star+Star” on “1+1”, sang in duet with Ukrainian Opera and pop singer Vladimir Grishko.
On account of the Easter Eggs more than 20 films in Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Holland. For his work in the film “Moskal-Charodey” (1995) was awarded the State prize of Ukraine them. Alexander Dovzhenko.
Played in Moscow and Kiev antrepriznyh theatres, performed on stage. Since 2007, the actress of Russian independent theatre. Now working on the field of the Ukrainian theatre, the troupe performance of “the Train “Odessa-Mama”.
At Ruslana is a very interesting hobby — the actress deals with painted Easter eggs and boxes. Also loves the Egg race, even she participated in women’s rally.
The actress married a second time, now married to businessman Igor Isakov. No children.
— Ruslan, you knew from childhood, what will you be doing in the future?
— I have five years called themselves the people’s artist of the Soviet Union. He studied at the music school, always participated in all sorts of performances: singing, dancing. Those were my first steps towards an artistic career.
I know that you, among other things, he graduated from art school. What you are interested in this field?
— Yes, I graduated from the decorative art school. I know how to do stuff: to weave tapestries, to sculpt out of clay, starting from toys and ending with abstract shapes, draw different techniques (ink, pen, gouache, watercolor, graphics). So I can work and artist! If it suddenly happens that I need money for bread, I can always earn. Although art school not higher education, and the professional itself can not name, however it is very helpful in the work. On paper I think the costumes and decorations, can draw the frame, even the storyboard for the cartoon drawn in the Institute.
— You are a very bright woman. Happened is that you unusual Declaration of love?
— Oh, of recognition were different. It was such that man could not sing but tried to Serenade. I lived on the eighth floor, and he off the street sang and shouted: “I love you”. It was funny — this young man was completely uninteresting to me. Later I concluded that it is impossible to laugh at other people’s feelings. Over time, I paid for it: fell in love, and in response — silence. To find mutual love, took many years. To say that my life has been filled by some huge amount of confessions, I would not: with men I’m for the most part were friends.
Men-politicians, probably, too are they treating you?
— There were attempts, especially when the “Weather” started. I always fled from them, because I would miss the Komsomol and party conventions. It seemed to me that all politicians are the people who tediously sit and sit. So for your weather teleepopei to stay away from them. At the same time I attributed novels with many people who took the time in high positions.
— How did you meet your husband?
— I always wondered how many women can online Dating. It was humiliating, especially on Dating sites. Some trade me! And one day I decided to look into social networks and see what it is. My future husband (businessman Igor Isakov. — Ed.) — of course, I didn’t know what it is — met me, when I already wanted to leave from “Classmates”, knowing that they couldn’t communicate with abstract people. He began to offer some tea, to which I replied that if I with every guy you meet to drink tea, I have to drink the Black sea. Moreover, before we met many men on the network put requests to borrow money to get a job. This situation with helpless men brought me to the point that I all his anger was poured out on a future husband. But he did not hesitate, began to call me, and then they got: started Dating, and as a result he proposed to me. I was ready for change in my life, I needed a man, and such. Every woman has her own preferences: I personally believe that a man should be smart, reliable and not in word but in deed to prove his love. If, having met the man, feel hard, it should be set aside, but if, on the contrary, it has become much easier and more enjoyable, then this is what you need.
— Looking for your love of life and popularity, many women no longer feel shy about their forms. And all Ukrainian men to recognize you as the sex symbol of the country. How do you feel about that?
— Of course, with humor! Both then and now. But always said that I’m not a symbol, and people. Don’t want to be some symbol I don’t rely on the opinions of others. Just want to inspire people close to me who love me not only when I’m dressed up, but when I absolutely easy, home.
— Now dieting?
— We recently worked on the show, I hurt my leg and had to have surgery on the knee joint. Am now in the rehabilitation period, therefore, not engage in sports. So what happen and active periods in this regard, and calm. But during rehearsals, all kompensiruet is still the sport. And Yes — the diet! People who suffer from excess weight, life have to sit on it. The diet should be the norm, not a temporary concept. I know what suits me separate meals: separate the whites from the carbs, don’t mix, and this gives an excellent result. But these need to be addressed: to make over itself effort, to take food with them. If you eat right, exercise, take care of your skin — you will look good. As soon as throw this class will begin to look bad. Moreover, at some point, the years beginning to tell on me (smiles). But who plows since childhood, always looks good.
This year Bogdan Stupka would have turned 75 years. You closely spoke with him — remember the first meeting with him?
— For 75 years?.. You know, the main thing in life — to have time to do something for someone. It is particularly important that people could call anybody my teacher. I’m with Bogdan Silvestrovich had a lot of meetings. When I worked as an administrator at the TV in the literary-drama edition, Bogdan silvestrovich we had a frequent visitor. We loved him very much, was invited for the main roles. I worked with him a lot, but to say that we’ve been friends, it would be wrong. We often were at the festival in “Artek”, where he made us laugh, showing how I am weather. Then, when Polish Director Jerzy Hoffman adopted Mortar for the role of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, we met at some event, and he said, “I’m on my way to Hoffman, he is looking for Gorpyna, the witch. I’ll tell him about you because I think you’re perfect for this role”. When the pan Jerzy called me to Kiev, in home room, I almost fell. He said to me: “Listen, I want you have gone for the lead role of Goreni. I will arrive in Kiev on business and will ask the son of a Mortar to play the role of Bohun, to help on the trial.” We gathered, did tests, I approved, and then I began to call Bogdan Silvestrovich his cinematic dad. Was a very good movie.
— At one time you have decided to participate in the project “Dances with stars”. What pushed you to this?
— At the time I lived in Moscow, was watching this program on the local channel and thought: thank God, I do not call back because I would probably not stand it. As soon as I thought about it, I called Alex Goncharenko, who was the producer of the project, and invited as a participant in the show in Ukraine. The call was in may, and the beginning is scheduled for October. Asked who the lucky man with whom I will dance. I promised to find a good partner, and I decided to try it. To the casting I brought Vlad Yama and Kohl Kovalenko. The first attempt was with a Pit. Our couple looked quite comical: he is very slim, and I’m in the body, albeit much thinner by the time. When he started to do some moves with Latin, I started to laugh. He started to get angry, they say, ” how is that partner laughs. Only later did I learn that there are rules of behaviour in pairs: the partner should always be silent and to go for a partner, and in no other way. I’m irresponsible, suddenly, Vlad was gone, and came Kohl’s. He then, on the contrary, was rather big, at 90 pounds. He immediately grabbed me by the hand, so much so that after the bruise remained, and dragged me: cha-cha-cha, one-two-three! I immediately felt that by nature he is a tough guy, but on the other hand, I simple and would not fit: I had to drive, to beat with a stick and get to work. This, in fact, Kohl’s takes up the entire draft.
— Did the “Dancing” on your life? Or after the end of the project everything became to normal?
— My life is divided into two stages: before and after dancing. Nick Kovalenko was the coach who was able to put me in the narrow confines. I in General very few people obeyed, on the contrary, was herself a commander. He’s scared scolded me for it, saying that the partner needs to go for a partner, not Vice versa. Later I projected the relationship of the partners in the dance to life. And realized once you quit commanding a man and become a woman who is subject to man, he starts to do something for you very nice and pleasant. When you say: “All men are bastards” or “Men in General no, they’ll never meet. Dancing taught me life, as strange as it may sound. With much gratitude I remember and Alexey Goncharenko, who invited me to the show, and Kohl Kovalenko, because he taught me how to be a woman, and Vlad Yama, who along with Natasha Mogilev been an example for me to follow. Then I had a man with whom we broke up because he did not survive this marathon of rhythm, it was always eaten by jealousy, some kind of its own failure. Instead of developing, he was angry, and we went our separate ways.
— After the departure of your brother in 2012 you took over the custody of your nephews, Makar and Martha. Now they live with you?
— It’s not them, they have the same mother. I internally feel that I should help them to stand up together with their mother. When my brother left, I felt it my sacred duty to give them the maximum that I can. Recently, for example, bought them with vouchers to children’s camp. They will go to one shift, rest and creative work.
— In the future plan of their children?
— Not anymore. But if I have some free time, we will be able to take foster children. We once talked with my husband about it, but since I have a very busy theater schedule, now is not the time. You know, it is impossible to renounce. There are things that you expect, but everything turns out differently. There’s something you don’t plan, but it suddenly comes to you, and you realize that this is exactly what you were expecting.
— In 2009 you released my cookbook. What prompted you to create collection of recipes?
Is an order, I would be in life is not solved. It’s actually not so easy! To write — a simple matter, although it had to spend a lot of time. But then it is necessary to cook, to photograph, to remove the dishes — almost become a food stylist! It’s all the additional profession that I have mastered, so if somewhere will need a food stylist, I can earn some money (smiling). I all Ukrainian dishes painted and it was so good that you can cook even those who do not know how to do this, the whole process is minutely painted. However, buying a book is difficult, because it was issued by the Russians.
— You play a lot in the theatre, and the performances are often funny things happen. What story made you laugh to tears?
— Funny situations was really a lot, but one wins. It is associated with a performance of “Grooms”. We had stools on wheels in the boxes — we use them as sofas. My character is a matchmaker loser who drinks a bit, always with red eyes and a little wobbly, so all the movement she’s got a little vague. The scenario I’m receding, I sit on the edge of the couch and tucks his feet under him. Once at the show I ran to her trunk and got on the edge and deep, and it so happened that the center of gravity has shifted. Because of this, I effectively began to fall back. Vladimir Goryansky, my partner, sitting in the foreground on a chair and said, “When you tried to submit a body forward to return to the place the center of gravity, you’re stuck for a second and started to fall backwards as if in slow motion. In the end, I fell (laughs). And stand by props — on top of me. To say that I laughed — this is to say nothing. I was dying with laughter. I had a feeling that I will suffocate, I could not calm down. And that’s how fell and couldn’t get up. Vladimir Goryansky sitting, he had tears of laughter pouring. On stage there was also a third actor, he, too, roared with laughter, but still set the Cabinet in place. We laughed for about 15 minutes, probably! Goryansky and then told the audience: “This should be encouraged!”. The performance then continued.
— Last years you spent somewhere in the sky between Ukraine and Russia — were constantly involved in Russian projects. How is the situation now?
— In Russia, the projects in which I participated, stopped. Relations between the two countries became more complicated, I do not seek, I and do not call back. For the last two years I was invited on Russian television, but I know that there they call politicians, and so forth — will start bickering, fuss, insults. It is better to refuse, because they know that they will provoke. It’s a TV, they want ratings. Someone of the artists agrees to go, gets into trouble, but I’m on the Internet all sorts of shows to flick through to see their attitude. Many think I’m still there, but it’s not. Want to live in Ukraine, to multiply its spiritual wealth to the people became easier and more interesting. Although there I have true friends, we communicate.
— On may 24th in the October Palace will take place performance “the Train “Odessa-Mama”. Tell us about this piece.
— It’s a play about all-consuming love of mother to son. The story begins with the fact that 55-the summer inhabitant of Odessa gets on the train for the first time without my mom to go to Lviv. Mom bought him a ticket in the SV, he is calm, but before the sending of a sudden bursts into my character Natalka, which is “the Seventh kilometer” carries a bunch of stuff. Here begins the confrontation of two worlds: it is the “glow” is Ukrainian, and he is an intelligent Mama’s boy. Don’t want to reveal all the secrets about the end of the story, but it is vital. The most important thing in this play is life-affirming motive. It participated Oleg Filimonov, Victor Andrienko, Jacob Hoppe, winner of “the Voice Kids” Anna Tkach, who performs all the songs are there, and of course, I, along with Director-producer Igor Slavinskiy. Each contributed a part of themselves, their talent and vision. People laugh and cry, but for the artist it is the highest good, the highest praise.
