Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig.
Milos FormanBecause I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.
Milos FormanWell, 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.
Milos FormanSo I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.
Milos FormanPeople 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.
Milos Forman