 In his entire career, Birlic portrayed 13 of I.L.Caragiale's characters.For the Romanians, the face of Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic merges with the notion of a Caragiale character.Birlic himself said ""As one of the actors who have played the most characters - 13 - from the work of our great dramatist, I recall Caragiale with affectionate gratitude for the theatrical successes that he occasioned me with.