“The pressures on my brother have been in front of my eyes. My father struggled a lot because he chose this field. True, my brother also had certain health problems, but if he hadn’t chosen acting, maybe everything would have been completely different. Because the art of acting is by itself a very difficult and complex art. You multiply yourself by two, by three, you get into different characters. Naturally, this has a very bad effect on a person's psychology, psyche. Especially if the person's psyche is a bit weak, overall. My brother was also a very sensitive person. He was somewhat different since childhood. My father’s death affected him very badly. Then, my mother directed and encouraged him toward the acting art, which was an additional blow to him. He loved his craft very much, he was devoted. But actually, it shouldn’t have been that way. Of course, my mother did not do this with bad intentions, she wanted him to continue my father’s path. The result was very tragic. It turned into his tragedy. My father also loved his art very much, he was devoted. He was also under great pressure. They didn't allow him to show his potential. This pushed him into depression, made him lose interest in life. It might be that this was the reason for his early passing.” This was said by Rubaba Rzayeva, the daughter of the late artist, renowned actor Samandar Rzayev, in an interview with Medianews.az.
She then stated that her child had a passion for this art:
“My son has been inclined toward acting since childhood. From a very young age, he was doing monologues by himself. No one had ever told him what a monologue was? He was very interested in expressing his feelings and emotions through monologues. With movements, facial expressions, gestures... Moreover, he had a great enthusiasm for the theater. Since childhood, he knew all our veteran artists. He basically went to watch almost every performance. When he started kindergarten, I enrolled him in a dance club at the Children's Philharmonic. There was also a drama club there. He himself requested to be enrolled in the drama club as well. There, he played roles in various plays. At music school, they staged a composition about martyrs. He portrayed a martyr soldier there. He received a standing ovation at that play. He has a great passion for acting. Sometimes he says he wants to be an actor. He says, ‘You have many acquaintances, please take me to one of them, let them see if I have talent or not.’ Not even my uncle wanted my son to become an actor. Indeed, until my brother's last day, he said, ‘Never become an actor.’
Ali Asger,
Medianews.az
