So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good.

So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.

I lived long enough in a society where freedom of speech was nonexistent, and I know what kind of misery that creates - starting with the fact that life becomes very boring for people who just try to survive, and are quiet, and try not to buck the system. And, of course, it can be devastating for people who try to speak against it.

So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good.

What I like about masturbation is that you don't have to talk afterwards.

Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.