Stefán Karl in “Cyrano de Bergerac” from 2001 to 2002

“ Hercule Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. In addition to being a remarkable duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet and is also a musician. However, he has an extremely large nose, which causes him to doubt himself. This doubt prevents him from expressing his love for his distant cousin, the beautiful and intellectual Roxane, as he believes that his ugliness would prevent him the “dream of being loved by even an ugly woman.”

From the wiki page of the play

Stefán Karl Stefánsson has recently become one of the most popular actors of the nation. He talks about Cyrano de Bergerac, love and solitude - 29.12.2001

I sit at the painter’s desk on a day many will call the third day of Christmas. waiting for ten minutes, had made me an unnecessary barbecue about the open space of the place. At the end of the day, I am lured by friendly staff. Stefán Karl, however, has not arrived. I sat out in the corner, opera street, and take care of me, order espresso. I’ll shuffle some piles down on a sheet. Stefán Karl has agreed to talk to me about love, the timing appropriate because he played one of the biggest roles in the night when the National Theater premiere Cyrano - a spooky heroic play by Edmund Rostand. He plays Cyrano, the one in love who has a big nose. The doors open and Stefán Karl sets the floor in a well-dressed and fresh fashion; gets a seat.

Love drives us

Have you had a hug of love at work at Cyrano, I ask, and Stefán Karl answers: “Yes, yes, I always be in favor of imagination. I have learned a lot of this play and work with Hilmari director and Finni Arnari screenplay designer. They are both great passions; the affair characterized the work at work. After the first session, you could not fall in love with the play. I started playing Cyrano as a hot-man, hero and economist, but embarrassed my feelings later. It is the most dangerous area in man; one’s deepest and secretest feelings. Being in love with the field is the hardest thing in the world; These are emotions that you do not want to give anyone or show except those you love. This is therefore a problem. I realized that in this work, our lives are controlled by love. We all want the hottest to love and to be loving. Some people just do not have the opportunity to be loved because of their facilities or the way they are. Cyrano does not have a chance; does not give way (if he had just wiped it out to Roxana, it would probably have gone up).

Love is amazing. I have found myself the love of my own life. One can be at the top of his career (and now I do not speak from his own experience) and crash because you fall in love. The approach catches people. Writers, journalists, actors, artists, musicians, dancers, singers, philosophers, all have always tried to interpret love; comment on her but never reach a conclusion. It is also impossible to reach a conclusion; it is only possible to talk about love. ”

Now Stefán Karl laughs . Not because he likes to say what he is saying, but because he is constantly looking out the windows of the people who walk by and that man walks on a woman who reacted viciously, the man threw himself and poured him over. He believes that this is a bit of humor, and the fears of others make him laugh. Then he predicts that this incident will destroy the day for the woman and the man; The woman conceived what she was rude to overpower the man, but the man was sorry for having walked on the woman.

Feeling Cold

Even though it is a matter of love in the entertainment industry, sometimes as people exclude love that affects its life. If we imagine that the head of the Ministry of the Environment is falling in love with Landsvirkjun’s CEO, it can change various issues in the society. The most memorable love story of modern times is the story of the Princess of the Diana, and in between the news of sorrow and money, the story of love is once again blurred. A good example is the massacre of the Nepalese prince who was aware of love. “Do not forget Fjölni and Mel B,” says Stefán Karl, but goes on a serious gear: “I work with emotions all day, not just in the theater, but often I talk about emotions in cafes with my friends and family. but on the other hand, it seems that there are a few lovers in the world. There are only a few who dare to get bored, stop at Laugavegur, and kissed (one-of-the-world filing). It’s so beautiful to see that way but when we go out on the street In a different mode, we all start playing. I think that a good turnout in the theater lately has been tortured because of the madness that hurts us, and people get out of their emotions with the artists. ”

I’m just a person

“Love is not a glossy magazine, love is not Focus, love is not Bleached and blue. Love is just a lost feeling inside all of us. In some she flourishes, some liquids, and in some she is wounded by others. It’s love. It must be repaid in order to flourish, it can not grow alone. I know it myself; to have human beings, feelings that are just my side. It’s a very sweet feeling but at the same time very sad. There’s a mood that one will be angry and it’s going to be physical, a man is paralyzed. In between, this case gives man power. Cyrano has taught me that love controls our lives much more than we suspect. ”

About 15 percent of Icelanders are on antidepressants, do you think it relates to this affection you mentioned? I ask. “I’m not from it,” says Stefán Karl. “I have worked with psychiatric care and know that Icelanders spend 25,000 doses of antidepressant drugs today. We are a bit damned to emotions and dare not to talk about them. But what’s the matter? "I’m sometimes so excited that it can not be close to me. Sometimes I’m so far away that it’s not too close to me.” I’m not a mania editor, I’m just a person. “So when I get to the stage means nothing but standing. It has often saved me. ”

Misused love

Stefán Karl says it is important to respect other people’s feelings, but do not forget about their own. “One must not be so humble,” Oh, I do not care about my feelings, forget them, I’m just about to suffer, just if you love me. “It’s just confusion, so crazy. big saying "I love you”. This is a bit abused by English, I love you. We should use more “I care about you”. “I love you” is another big and big one. It’s not to be confused with kindness, affection, and love. “

According to this, you may think that people may never be in love during your life? Have you fallen in love? "Do I have? Yes Yes. Just as a bonfire burns. There is nothing between matters. Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I’ve claimed to myself that one only loves one’s life so that a man makes every effort. That feeling is amazing. I can not sit here and do this; can not put me on that stall over the feelings, because they always carry on a man. I can not say, I’ll never love again.”

I want to have everyone smiling

"I want to laugh at me when I’m in love (in fact!). I do not want people to sit and clap. I hope that those who dig me know that I’m doing something fun. That’s what I want to do. I want to have everyone smiling. ”

Now I’m a single person. I feel good sometimes and sometimes badly. It’s a moment since I do not like being alone, and I’m so excited, do not drink coffee or smoked, I have often told people: try to make a living! A lovely woman taught me to make a living. Some call this a pampering time. “

Love is like a good book

Do you think it’s more important to love or to be loved? "I do not know. I think it’s a terrible thing to be loved but not to love. Sure, I think it’s easy to answer this question: It’s better to love and get closer to the person without being loved; talk to her, see her a second. I feel that feeling better than being loved. If only one other person loves me, I think it’s a pure hell. People who together can not love as much as it does not make sense. You just have to be on the spot and live the habit. Love is like a good book, you read it and then she accompanies a man (but if she’s boring then she returns her to the library!). ”

“I have never tolerated you”

There is one thing related to love and the desire to love and be loved and it is the starry. Stephen Karl says there is really no one in Iceland. What happens when a lot of people are talking about them, just know more what they name. Björk, on the other hand, is famous. “Starvation does not exist here at home. We all have a model, I look up to Sigga Sigurjón, he is a great friend of mine and has told me a lot of people who enjoy me in my work and life. I still do not have a picture of him above my bed and even though I did not know him, I would not hang up a picture of him and try to look like him. There would be some disturbance! I’m not against astrology until she’s out of trouble.

It’s a very good feeling when people come to me and praise me. It’s as good when people come and tell you what it means. Once upon a time, an old woman came to me and said, "I have never tolerated you.” I went to bed and care. She repeated “I have never endured you” and I asked if I could do anything else for her and she responded : “No, I hope you do not have to.” Later, this woman came to me at the National Theater-L Cellar. I did not remember what she looked like and did not answer when she asked if I would leave her. “You have not listened to what I said, I said I did not endure you, "she said. "Yes, thank you, you chase me on stripes,” I told her, and she said he had to do it “because I had to tell you that now I fully support you. I went on with a full pocket of stones and now I can stand I you! ” Then she walked away. And this I meet with people. That is per se. “

A good holiday ahead

especially Stefán Baldursson, for the trust I have been shown. ”It should be noted that" Stefán’s “talk is about exercises and premiere, but he continues to show the three shows that are still in the theater. "I have a vacation at six during the day, then I go to work and am till midnight. I’ll call it a holiday. ”

laugh when at the funeral

Lying on Earth’s Eagles It is often regarded as a rocky ring that is taken when people are undergoing severe terror in their lives. Is it your experience after bullying? “There is no question. Laughter prolongs life. I’m not ashamed of it. Humor is a tool. Of course, one has to take out sorrow and suffering, but one can not live a misery. When humor is within reach, a man grabs him and rescues. I know about people who have fun at funerals, it was their way of getting some threshold. I want people to laugh when I die (in fact!). I do not want people to sit and cry. I hope those who dig me make sense of doing something fun. That’s how I want it. I want to have everyone smiling. ”The house does not get any more words from the actor. We stand up from the table, postpone the conversation until midnight when the show of Cyrano is over. Then we meet back in the National Theater.

Epilogue

After seeing Stefán Karl and his companions shout out of the furious hall, I struck back where I met Stefán. Have fun with him about the dressing room, where all the artificial things are taken from him except his nose. Are we not gonna talk that instead of people going to Astro this weekend, do you write a sincere letter and emails? “I say: thank you for the SMS message. I used them myself on my heels. Man would like to send one beautiful message just before sleep. And get such a beautiful answer back, that’s wonderful. I just wanted guys to be a bit more poetic in their messages. Not that I’m in love with children and teenagers, I just suspect this. ”(After a few discussions about Cyrano in the present and future, our conclusion is about Cyrano’s fate now

over time with the nickname “Christian.” It must be a great look to get this final date?

“Yes, this is the way it works best. There’s a real drama. "And a little pat!” Yes, and the hero is good at the end. It’s a wonderful show, it’s unimaginable. “You’re always going to be as humble.” This is the satisfaction of a three-hour show? “Exactly. Perhaps that’s why you agree to be a low-cost government worker. "Do you think this show could be a treatment tool for a beginner’s poet?

"Yes. Drawer’s wife, come out of the fillings. Cyrano is nothing so frightened; He is not bad he’s just got a big nose. "Cyrano could be a victim of bullying. Does his experience of compassion in your chest?” Do not be bullied, but being alone and not welcome because of the appearance. In my case, it was nothing. I see that I was just a pretty young child, and did not have any insecurity rather than goodness. There are many elements in this character that I know better than many others. good to be Cyrano for one and one night and look at these qualities in themselves. Certainly, these strings touch my own harp. “

Cyrano dies thirty and six years and has never been kissed. Can you be more alone? "Certainly his loneliness is great. He, in some ways, creates him with his low-mindedness. He has many opportunities to say: I love you, Roxana. But he does not do it because he is afraid of his feelings, and I know it from ancient times. There is a certain emotional immaturity; A person has it to close their feelings. Some people write down this, some paint pictures, others get out of crime and drugs. "And you went out to the drama.” Fortunately, it has saved my life in many ways. “