He would stay being Josh Brolin, dogged but unacclaimed son of the television actor James Brolin.
In tracing the fluctuating fortunes of Aglaya and her ideological nemesis, a dissident writer named Shubkin, it gives us a sad-funny diorama of life in Dolgov and its residents' dogged efforts to stay out of trouble with the government and somehow get ahead.
"The USA were dogged and they stayed with us.
But men like Brahimi demonstrate dogged determination to stay in relationship until solutions are found, to value dialogue and not ridicule it, until the day that it produces results, to communicate, communicate, communicate until the eleventh hour, in order to save the children.
So far, Mr. Kaine's campaign has mostly stayed away from the controversies that dogged Mr. Allen's 2006 campaign, preferring to try and keep the focus on economic concerns that voters say are most important.
Expect the achievement to fall short of the ambition, but stay true to your ambition: be dogged, keep going.
A generic tough guy steals a car, shoots a policeman, sweet-talks a series of women, hobnobs with his underworld pals and tries to stay a step ahead of the dogged detectives on his trail.
