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

Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

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.

Usually you don't think about re-releasing an old movie.

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

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

You really see life around the principals to be as important as the main, principal actors. That's what cinéma vérité taught me - that it's not a question of having a main character, a great actor, and the rest is unimportant. Every detail, every face in the crowd is important.