"It is disgusting to listen when people come up with titles and boast of "blue blood". I played in the cinema and in the theater of counts, princes, but this is just a game. I myself am a peasant son. My parents finished three classes of school. I was born in a peasant family, ate potatoes in uniforms, and what kind of aristocrat I am? My teacher, Tseselia Lvovna Mansurova, was an aristocrat, she taught us secular manners, and I know them well, but in my heart I was and remain a peasant son. I will note that my parents are ordinary workers, they gave me a good upbringing."

 (Vasilij Semënovič Lanovoj, attore; Mosca, 16 gennaio 1934 – Mosca, 28 gennaio 2021)