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.

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

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.

Memories are doing funny things to us.

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

When you finish a film, before the first paying audience sees it, you don't have any idea. You don't know if you made a success or a flop, when it comes to the box office.

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