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

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.

You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was no violence, no sex, no drugs, nothing.

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

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.

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