All Milos Forman Quotes
- Memories are doing funny things to us. Funny
- I'm convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism. Beatles
- First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy. All
- What I like about masturbation is that you don't have to talk afterwards. Afterwards
- 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… Andy
- When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York. Absolutely
- So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris. Came
- So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very… Appreciated
- Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters. Andy
- Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious… Certainly Realize
- I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone. Cornerstone
- I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know. Dreamt
- People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man. All
- The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I… Always Control
- 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… All
- You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler. Czechoslovakia
- You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was no… Clean
- I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York. Better
- And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist… Absolutely
- And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this… Committee
- Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know. Centuries
- I remember in 1968 when we were in Cannes, in the festival, and we were supposed to be there 10 days, and the second day… Cannes
- Now, after the communist take-over in 1948, the amount of feature films produced dwindled to three a year, while the school was, you know, every… Amount
- First of all, whoever didn't want to be a member of this association or the other association, was branded, you know, like a dangerous individualist,… All