Tomasz Kot almost became a priest. He mentions that people were expelled en masse from the seminary, and he speaks harshly of the Polish clergy

Tomasz Kot is one of the best Polish actors who has shown over the years that he is a very versatile artist. He played many different roles. He made his debut on the big screen in 2005 in the biographical feature Skazany na bluesa, where he played Ryszard Riedel. At the same time, he began appearing in the comedy series “Nanny”, where he played the object of sighs of the title guardian, Maksymilian Skalski.

The next breakthrough in his career came in 2014, when he played the main role in the film “Gods”, which tells the story of Zbigniew Religa. Four years later, he got involved in the production of “Cold War” by Paweł Pawilkowski, which was nominated for an Oscar. Recently, we could see him in the Netflix series “Wielka Woda”, and soon “Akademia Pana Kleksa” will enter the cinema screens, where the cat played the title role.

Tomasz Kot about learning in the seminary and his attitude to faith

Recently, the actor gave an interview to Newsweek magazine, in which he said that in the past he studied at a minor seminary. He grew up in Legnica and as a young boy dreamed of studying at an art high school, but his parents were against moving to a bigger city. That is why he decided to study at the minor seminary of the Franciscan Order and settled in a boarding school. He described the atmosphere there:

There was a terrible rigor in the seminary, waking up in the morning, gymnastics, then mass and school. I could go home once a week. You could get kicked out for absolute trifles. And they were thrown out en masse. I remember that after four months I left as the 16th, but the second of my own free will

After this confession, the conversation continued to revolve around church topics. Kot admitted that the turning point in his relationship to faith was 2007, when his daughter Blanka was born. He then made the decision to withdraw from the faith:

When I was about to become a father, I thought I wanted to be smart enough to be able to answer the tough questions I was about to hear. That maybe it’s worth reading Dawkins or Hitchens to understand atheists. Or see what is interesting about other religions. Catholicism didn’t bother me, I just wanted to see what’s on the other side, have my own opinion and live more consciously

He was then asked if he planned to apostasy. The actor said he has no plans to do so, but understands that other people might want to make the decision: “If someone needs to apostasy, I understand that, but I don’t have the need to do so.” However, he does not hide his negative attitude towards the clergy, who in his opinion are hypocrites:

If we assume that all of Poland is traveling by train, it seems that the Polish clergy got off this train about two decades ago and did not notice that it had long since departed.

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