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Simple Questions’
With Serguey Logvinov
Lane Davies, Actor
(This article was provided and translated by Olga. Thank you!)
Q: Many years ago the Soviet TV viewers were holding their breath watching the Capwells in ‘Santa Barbara.’
Today our guest is Mr Mason Capwell, the American actor Lane Davies.
Do you know you have many lovers in the former Soviet Union and in today’s Russia?
A: I knew there were many people who loved me but I did not know they were in love with me.
Q: Do you see the Far East as a separate part of Russia?
A: When I had not yet come here I thought it was a separate part of Russia. Now that I am here it’s a part of Russia
for me.
Q: So you understand that Moscow and Blagoveschensk is one and the same Russia?
A: Yes, of course I do.
Q: Don’t you feel vexed that you’re known only as Mason from ‘Santa Barbara’, that the Russian viewer knows no
more of your work?
A: No, it does not bother me. I would like to be better known as a character from ‘A Force of One,’ too.
Q: Are you satisfied that the Russian audience got to know you by this work in Nakhapetov’s film?
A: Of course I am, because my work with Rodion (Nakhapetov) is an important part of my life, and we’re planning
to go on with it.
Q: Do you wish for your two sons to get as much love as your ‘Santa Barbara’ character did?
A: I wouldn't mind if they got to be as much loved as I was. It was a very important part of my life and I would like
them to feel the same.
Q: Do you give your sons much time?
A: At the moment I do. If I had them when I was doing ‘Santa Barbara’ I would not know them. They were born after
‘Santa Barbara,’ and so I had more time to spend with them.
Q: Unfortunately, these years terrorism is playing a big role in the world. Three years ago on the 11 of September
there was a terrorist act in New York, and a shocking tragedy not so long ago in Beslan in Russia. What do you
think of this, are you afraid to come to Russia?
A: I was not afraid to come to Russia, I am not afraid of terrorism. They are cowards, I would not like to die in their
hands, but I am not afraid of them. Beslan and 9/11 as we call it helps to unite people, to unite America and Russia
in fighting terrorism that threatens the whole world. These are people who got under evil ones controlling them.
Q: Some Hollywood actors protested against the actions in Iraq, did not they?
A: Of course I do not approve of the war in Iraq. For me it’s a colonial war. They say in America that we are after
money, this is a war about money. America is not so much afraid of Iraq, but it’s interested in the money and oil
there. It does not mean I do not like my own country, I think Bush is okay but I do not approve of all his actions.
Q: And what do you think of Mr Putin?
A: I respect Mr Putin very much. I met him in 1994 in Saint Petersburg when he worked with Sobchak (Sobchak
was the mayor of St Petersburg then). I liked their train of thought, I got to understand the Russian soul better.
Q: It’s your eighth time in Russia, so you must know some Russian words. Which are your favorite ones?
A: I’m ashamed to admit my favorite one is ‘na zdorovie’ (it means literally ‘to health,’ a lot of foreigners mistakenly
think it’s a toast, but it’s the wrong form, we say ‘ZA zdorovie’; Lane makes this mistake here); also ‘dobry den’
(‘good afternoon’), ‘zdravstvujte’ (‘how do you do’), ‘privet’ (‘hi’).
Q: Is it true that after you visited Russia you learnt the word ‘holodno’ (‘cold’)?
A: Yes. When I came here in February for Rodion’s anniversary, it was very cold.
Q: I hope it’s warm here in Blagoveschensk?
A: Of course, by comparison with Moscow in February it is warm here.
Q: Thanks for coming. Regards to your family. We’re wishing you many roles, health and to never get cold.
A: Thank you very much.
With Serguey Logvinov
Lane Davies, Actor
(This article was provided and translated by Olga. Thank you!)
Q: Many years ago the Soviet TV viewers were holding their breath watching the Capwells in ‘Santa Barbara.’
Today our guest is Mr Mason Capwell, the American actor Lane Davies.
Do you know you have many lovers in the former Soviet Union and in today’s Russia?
A: I knew there were many people who loved me but I did not know they were in love with me.
Q: Do you see the Far East as a separate part of Russia?
A: When I had not yet come here I thought it was a separate part of Russia. Now that I am here it’s a part of Russia
for me.
Q: So you understand that Moscow and Blagoveschensk is one and the same Russia?
A: Yes, of course I do.
Q: Don’t you feel vexed that you’re known only as Mason from ‘Santa Barbara’, that the Russian viewer knows no
more of your work?
A: No, it does not bother me. I would like to be better known as a character from ‘A Force of One,’ too.
Q: Are you satisfied that the Russian audience got to know you by this work in Nakhapetov’s film?
A: Of course I am, because my work with Rodion (Nakhapetov) is an important part of my life, and we’re planning
to go on with it.
Q: Do you wish for your two sons to get as much love as your ‘Santa Barbara’ character did?
A: I wouldn't mind if they got to be as much loved as I was. It was a very important part of my life and I would like
them to feel the same.
Q: Do you give your sons much time?
A: At the moment I do. If I had them when I was doing ‘Santa Barbara’ I would not know them. They were born after
‘Santa Barbara,’ and so I had more time to spend with them.
Q: Unfortunately, these years terrorism is playing a big role in the world. Three years ago on the 11 of September
there was a terrorist act in New York, and a shocking tragedy not so long ago in Beslan in Russia. What do you
think of this, are you afraid to come to Russia?
A: I was not afraid to come to Russia, I am not afraid of terrorism. They are cowards, I would not like to die in their
hands, but I am not afraid of them. Beslan and 9/11 as we call it helps to unite people, to unite America and Russia
in fighting terrorism that threatens the whole world. These are people who got under evil ones controlling them.
Q: Some Hollywood actors protested against the actions in Iraq, did not they?
A: Of course I do not approve of the war in Iraq. For me it’s a colonial war. They say in America that we are after
money, this is a war about money. America is not so much afraid of Iraq, but it’s interested in the money and oil
there. It does not mean I do not like my own country, I think Bush is okay but I do not approve of all his actions.
Q: And what do you think of Mr Putin?
A: I respect Mr Putin very much. I met him in 1994 in Saint Petersburg when he worked with Sobchak (Sobchak
was the mayor of St Petersburg then). I liked their train of thought, I got to understand the Russian soul better.
Q: It’s your eighth time in Russia, so you must know some Russian words. Which are your favorite ones?
A: I’m ashamed to admit my favorite one is ‘na zdorovie’ (it means literally ‘to health,’ a lot of foreigners mistakenly
think it’s a toast, but it’s the wrong form, we say ‘ZA zdorovie’; Lane makes this mistake here); also ‘dobry den’
(‘good afternoon’), ‘zdravstvujte’ (‘how do you do’), ‘privet’ (‘hi’).
Q: Is it true that after you visited Russia you learnt the word ‘holodno’ (‘cold’)?
A: Yes. When I came here in February for Rodion’s anniversary, it was very cold.
Q: I hope it’s warm here in Blagoveschensk?
A: Of course, by comparison with Moscow in February it is warm here.
Q: Thanks for coming. Regards to your family. We’re wishing you many roles, health and to never get cold.
A: Thank you very much.