Georgy Danelia, recalling the film "Aphony", said: "...the greatest number of applause at creative meetings in theaters was interrupted by the alcoholic, ugly and finished fool Fedor, who in our film was magnificently played by Borislav Brondukov. In the costume and makeup, Bory was so organic that when he went out to smoke during the shooting at a restaurant (the restaurant we filmed at night in Moscow), the Swiss didn’t want to let him go back. Brondukov explained that he was an actor, that without him the shooting would fail, the Swiss did not believe. There are many such artists here! Brandon insisted. The Swiss threatened to call the police. And I would call, but here on the street looked my assistant Rita Tales. “Borislaw Nikolaevich, you are here! She was pleased. “Where did the actor go?” – “Is he really an artist?” “I’m surprised by the Swiss.

...And later, when I was filming “Tears Drop” in Rostov-Yaroslovsk, I was in the hotel, in my room, suddenly heard that someone was singing French songs in the restaurant. has descended. It was late autumn. There was very little people in the restaurant. On the stage with the microphone in his hand stood Brondukov and sang a song from the repertoire of Ivan Montan. And it was no longer an avid and lustful Fedor, but an elegant, plastic and enchanting French chansonier. It’s a pity that his talent has remained untold.”