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        Articles/Cosmopolitan Beauty - There Should Be A Sense In Life

For those several years, that Alsou stands on a stage, the interviews with her were taken hundred times. And in all of them she usually is laconic, modest and very closed. We have managed not only to shoot the singer on a cover, but also to make her speak on any unexpected topics.

Alsou, you've been living in London for a long time. Have you ever been to Sherlock Holmes museum? 

No, I haven't got to Holmes yet. But I've been at madam Tussoe about 8 times! By the way, I know many native Englishmen, who all their life live in London and they haven't been anywhere, not in any museum... Sometimes I simply drag my friends somewhere...

And where, if not to madam Tussoe?

Differently. In park it is very cool to go for a walk, when the weather is good. Everybody goes for a walk in parks. We go in cinema, in restaurant, in theatre...

Is theatre interesting there?

We go basically to watch musicals. And on performances, which bring the Hollywood actors there. I went to look at Madonna. She has played a gallery woman, who sold pictures. In my opinion, she has played her life. But as for actor skill, she turned to be worse than other actors. In some moments she was very unnatural, trying to show emotions. She has even forgotten her words in a final monologue. She has faltered and has burst out laughing. And everybody, certainly, has begun to clap. She was touched and said "Thank you".

You are studying actor skill too...

I am studying  third year with the teacher according to individual shedule... I have not enough time, now it's a totally crazy period for me - my new English dics is finished, in January the promotion of some single will start... And then probably I will act in a movie. 

What the kind of movie is it?

About the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It is a fiction film. With small budget in comparison with Hollywood budgets, but it's very deep. It will be shooted somewhere in Europe. I will play a girl, with whom Nietzsche was madly in love. All the characters have really existed, but the whole story is a little fiction. The director (he is from Hollywood) is definitely sick with this plot.

Does your studying help you in clip shooting?

If only subconsciously... It is necessary to feel the song by your soul. Though music videos are not only professional skill. They are all my experience. With each new clip it is easier. I don't feel the camera anymore. Earlier it confused me very much. It is important, what the team is on a shooting place. They shoudn't yell and they should be kind...

Are you confused when the people yell at you?

Yes. Like all creative people. It is impossible to press me. When I sing in the studio, one shouldn't say "Stop, it's bad!", because I wouldn't be able neither to sing, not to think then. It happens that the working day in studio simply comes to an end at such a moment.

How have you found a common language with Yuriy Grymov, known with his explosive character?

I was getting used to his rough manner of dialogue for a long time, but I have been always very pleased with result. Grymov is great, he sees beforehand, what it should be and how, and precisely prompts what to do.

I liked your video for "Osen", where you are in Venice, most of all. Such a beauty!

I thought I would die on these shootings. Just imagine: June, 35 C degrees, it smells as rotten eggs, not even a wind. I was in a corset (I could hardly breathe), in a crinoline and in mourning woolen black dress. Plus a hat, a veil and make-up. I was floating on a gondole, there were a camera and a coffin before me. And I thought: I will fall right now. I wanted to sob, but it would be a pity to lose my make-up. The gondole was heated on the sun, so it was possible to fry eggs on it. When they have announced a break, I torn the dress off and laid down in a shadow on a stone floor. People looked at me as on a mad person... And in the clip everything looks so beautifully...

What does cause your discomfort, besides the extreme working situations?

Hypocrisy. I do not like, when people lie to me, especially if I know: now this person is lieing to me. And I can't tell him anything.

Why not?

It is inconvenient. I don't like conflicts, even small. I can be rude, but if I see it is not necessary to aggravate the sitiation, I will be silent.

Do you have a lot of friends?

Four. I can tell them anything. I can open my soul if I feel bad. Let even the man does not speak anything. He simply will listen - and already it becomes easy. And the pain is getting weak.

What does hurt you?

More my soul experiences than any household trifles. The conflicts with relatives, with friends…

Or when your boyfriend doesn't call...

No, I haven't got such problems. Of course, firstly you worry: will he call - will he not call... You even eat your nails... It seems, such a fear is inside of each girl, not depending of how supersure she is. Fear to be disappointed.

Do you share your intimate experiences with the parents?

I never tell about anything such to my daddy. He is strict. He says: do not lose your head, be cautious, be strong... With mum I was never especially close. Only last two years I tell her everything. We have always been shy with each other. And then I grew up - and thought it is necessary for me. I thought: why should I be shy with mum? I want her to know all about me!

Do you consider yourself as an Eastern girl? 

I consider myself as the international peson. I was born in Tatarstan, till eight years I lived in North, in Kogalym, then we have moved for one year to Moscow, then in America, then in Denmark, then in London... Probably, such changes are not so good for children's mentality. But my mentality is flexible. I understand both Eastern people and Europeans. It is easy for me to communicate with everyone. I wouldn't tell that I have any especial moslem religious education. Yes, respect for the grown-up, yes, father is the head of the family, yes, not to be shooted naked - and it is not important, how much money they offer... But it seems, such principles one can have even if he was born in any family.

And does an Eastern cunning present?

They say that I have it. But I don't feel it.

How to be beautiful? Do you have any secret?

To have anough time to sleep. And to fall in love.

Do you always look perfectly, because you are always in love and you sleep all the time?

Neither that, nor another. I haven't anough time to sleep frequently. And I don't have a boyfriend at the present moment... Wait, I will tell you the recipe. It is necessary, that in life there was a stimulus. And the sincere frustration are very much reflected on appearance.

What have you got on your shelve in a bathroom?

Aromatic candles, vanilla and tropical - I am a fan of sweet smells. My bathroom always smells perfectly. And there is good light. So my mood doesn't spoil, when I look at myself in the mirror in the morning! On the shelves there is a huge amount of perfumes, foam, oil for a bath. Well, and cosmetics - I love "Mas". I use the powder, pencils for eyes and lips. This label has amazing blush. In the afternoon I don't make a strong make-up - a cream under my eyes, a little bit of powder (so my face wouldn't shine), and eyelash. And a shine for lips, if I have time. My relatives are pleasant more, when there is a minimum of cosmetics on me, though I love to draw eyes - wild... Going on a disco...

Do you sit on fashionable diets?

I eat what I want and in huge amounts. Everyone is surprised, where does it all disappear? Truly, now I am a a little bit heavier, but I like myself even more. Some clothes are not clasped... But I will better buy myself a new wardrobe, than again I will lead myself up to that condition. Last two weeks I go in a sports hall with the personal trainer. First time in life. Two trainings - and I already see the result!

They say, the Eastern girls are subject to a heavy weight.

Probably... Though my mum is thin. And she has three children. And she also has breakfast three times - at first with the daddy, then with Renard (it is my younger brother), then with me... When I am in Moscow, I stop at my parents - I miss, I see them not often. I try to communicate more with my brother. We have a large difference in the age - 13 years, and with the grown-up brother, Marat, his difference is 19. They are not close. And Renard is 7. I play with him, show him grimaces...

Is there a thing in your wardrobe, which you can not do without?

Rings for ears. I have different: for evenings - with jewels, for days - usual silver rings...

And what kind of jewels?

Svarovsky. I love very much. I combine the styles very easy. I wear jeans only with heels! And I have never loved classical shoes. But now I simply was mad about shoes. Has bought black, two pair of red, yellow... And still want to buy a white pair. Red and black are "Christian Dior". But generally I choose the clothes not looking at the label, they just should be convenient... The main thing is that everything was clear, accurate...

Are you a mercantile person?

I am generous. Especially when the money is mine. I buy everything to my firends, even without an occasion. If I see a nice thing and I remember about someone - I will buy it.

And are these things expensive?

Differently. The main thing is sense! It can be something cool to carry it with the keys, and it can be a great ring... And I have never bought, for example, watch or rings for myself - they all are gifts. From daddy, brother, uncle. From relatives...

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Winter 2003/2004

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