The author of the book is a famous actor and director who works a lot and with success in the theater, in the cinema, on the stage. His first book, "Who Keeps a Pause" (1977), which attracted great reader interest, was included in the present edition as a smaller half. The big one is now written and reflects the impressions and reflections of recent years. This is not a memoir, not a diary. Rather, these are stories whose plot is the life of theater and cinema. The reader will get acquainted with the outstanding masters with whom the author had a chance to work, these are G.A. Tovstonogov, F.G. Ranevskaya, R.Ya. Plyatt, A.V. Efros, J. Strehler. A separate extended story is about working in Japan with the famous Japanese actress Komaki Kurihara and her troupe. For professionals and theater lovers.