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

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.

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

Communists love to make films about composers, because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.

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

First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy.

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