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

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.

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

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.

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

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