Communists love to make films about composers, because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.

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.

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.

For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.

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