You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.

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

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

I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.

People who make documentaries have to be faithful to the facts. But when you are making a drama, a fiction based on the life, all you have to be faithful to is the spirit of the facts, which I think I was in every case. As long as you don't violate their spirit, you can play with the facts.

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