Milos Forman Quotes

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 violence, no s*x, no drugs, nothing.

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

When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York.

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.

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.

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 good.