The Czech movies, the quality movies, are trying to show the life in the country as it is, in an entertaining way, while in America, the majority of movies are wonderful fairy tales.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

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

The Czech movies, the quality movies, are trying to show the life in the country as it is, in an entertaining way, while in America, the majority of movies are wonderful fairy tales.

I'm convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.

Definitely it would be foolish to try and make my Czech films here in America, as foolish as it is when some Czech filmmakers try to make movies of America in Czechoslovakia. It was always abysmal stuff.

People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man.