Yesterday evening, a meet-the-artist event was held for students at SUSU with actress and TV host Katerina Shpitsa within the framework of Predchustvie (Anticipation) Film Festival. The meeting took place in the form of a dialogue. The star of such films as, Iron Ivan, Yolki 1914, Yolki 5, and The Crimean Bridge spoke on how she made it to the cinema industry, on the specific features of working on set, and shared her plans for the future.
When Katerina was in the 10th form, she won a beauty contest and, soon after that, got recruited by a modelling agency. Already in her childhood years, she engaged in dancing and, later, in theatre studio. Katerina said, that she does not have higher education in acting and spoke on how she moved from Perm to Moscow, where, thanks to her new friends, started to take interest in literature and interesting films.
“There is purity and unselfishness in life. Not everything is moving around material and carnal things. To some extent I was lucky enough and this was both my merit and the merit of my parents. I was very lucky to meet the right people on my way. Many of them helped me, without any self-interest on their part. A person for his/her own self is someone with whom it is possible to establish lifelong relationships. It is only up to us, what people to invite into our lives. So, love yourself, do what you like, and the rest will follow,” Katerina Shpitsa shared her piece of advice with SUSU students.
The actress spoke on how she passed the exams in Perm, while she was studying for a lawyer, and how she went to Moscow to star in movies. There Katerina met her film agent, with whom she has been working since 2005.
“I am happy with the life I am living right now. But now, when I have almost turned 35, which is an awkward age for actors, the number of roles I can choose from is reducing, and that is actually a natural process. Therefore, I decided to prepare a so-to-say solid ground for myself. Maybe I will become a screenwriter or start to teach, or maybe I will finally obtain higher education in acting. I really like working with children and young people,” shared the actress her plans for the future.
Katerina Shpitsa noted that there are two types of people: those, who feed an animal inside them, and those, who nurture a higher being. She contemplated on how important it is not to stoop to animal instincts and addressed the students with such parting words:
“Our life is impossible without other people, and even if some of them seem strange to you, try to see something good in them.”
Predchustvie Film Festival will be held in Chelyabinsk until September 25th. Citizens of the South Ural capital, as well as guests of the city, will be able to watch new films in cinemas and on the website of the festival, and attend meet-the-artist events and master classes for free.