Outstanding theater and film actor Mikhail Ulyanov talks about what he has experienced in almost 80 years of his life. Together with the author, the reader will remember the characters he played in the films “They Were First,” “Volunteers,” “Chairman,” “Battle on the Way,” “A Simple Story,” “Private Life,” etc. But the author’s main thoughts are about the theater, and first of all - about my native Vakhtangovsky, with whom my whole life is connected, about teachers and associates - Yu. Lyubimov, A. Efros, N. Gritsenko, Yu. Borisova, Yu. Yakovlev, L. Maksakova, V. Lanov and about the very young - S. Makovetsky, M. Sukhanov, V. Simonov... And, of course, about your favorite roles - Richard III, Caesar, Napoleon.