Marius Repšys: I share my medical history because I am naive or a little stupid

“In the book, I talk so openly about bipolar disorder because I’m naive or a little stupid. Still, this book has really helped a lot. First of all, it allowed me to speak for myself and now I can talk about this subject without suppressing emotions, as before. I hope my book has not only helped people to understand, but perhaps it has saved someone’s life, “said M. Repšys on the” My Entertainment FACES “program.

According to the creators’ press release, the bipolar disorder described in the actor’s autobiography, formerly known as “manic depression”, is a state of mental health that causes a sudden change in mood: it rises to the emotional peak and falls to the emotional background. M. Repšys revealed that he realized that he had this disease only when he fell into the hospital.

“I realized that I had bipolar disorder when everything turned into psychosis and I went to the hospital. Then I became interested and realized that many people face such problems, but they look at it with their fingers. Episodes of mania and depression are common in bipolar disorder. In addition to all this, there is a schizoaffective background when a person plays. I have gone through all these stages, ”said M. Repšys openly.

M. Repšys, who became famous for his role as a vandal in Oskaras Koršunovas’ performance “Eviction” and won the prestigious “Golden Stage Cross” award, admits that if it weren’t for this role, he would now be an unknown actor to everyone. The actor also remembers the incredibly strange selection: “Koršunovas told me to ‘send’ set designer Gintaras Makarevičius and when I ‘sent’ him very greasy, he added a plus to my name. It all took two minutes. “

When asked what the hardest part of being an actor is, M. Repšys joked that now it is the hardest thing for him personally to keep up with everywhere, but he did not skimp on advice from Lithuanian actors starting their careers now. . “I would advise young actors to think less about money and more about what they do. No matter how banal it sounds, love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art, ”said the actor.

Growing up without a father, M. Repšys had a childhood full of diverse experiences and lived quite badly. And what philosophy does the actor follow as a father? “Growing up with my mother, I lived in an empty apartment, we had almost no furniture and slept on the floor, and my mother had two jobs. I’m not saying my childhood was very scary or that I was pulled out of the garbage. I just want to give my children more than I owe, and I also want them to be able to say that they had a good childhood when they grew up, ”shared M. Repšys.

How M. Repšys fights negative comments read on the Internet, what he discovered after reading the Quran and why the priest once refused to help him and concluded that he was “obsessed with the devil”, you will find out this Sunday at 6:45 p.m. in the program “My Entertainment FACES” only on Delfi TV.