Miloš Forman quotes

Memories are doing funny things to us. (Miloš Forman)
I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.
Miloš Forman
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 freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.
Miloš Forman
Communists love to make films about composers, because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.
Miloš Forman
I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.
Miloš Forman
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 have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.
Miloš Forman
First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy.
Miloš Forman
The Czech movies, the quality movies, are trying to show the life in the country as it is, in an entertaining way, while in America, the majority of movies are wonderful fairy tales.
Miloš Forman
Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.
Miloš Forman
You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.
Miloš Forman
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 sex, no drugs, nothing. (Miloš Forman)
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, you know, infected by the Western decadence, you know. So everybody joined.
Miloš Forman
Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.
Miloš Forman
I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.
Miloš Forman
People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man.
Miloš Forman
So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.
Miloš Forman
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.
Miloš Forman
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.
Miloš Forman
When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York.
Miloš Forman
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.
Miloš Forman
All the Sixties were complicated, you know. On the one hand it was funny too, you know; on the other hand it was cruel, you know. (Miloš Forman)
You want to be safe, you have to live in the zoo.
Miloš Forman
And you will be surprised how many people prefer to live in the zoo; they are not ready to pay for the freedom; they think that freedom should be, you know, for free, even for granted, which never is, never is.
Miloš Forman
You know, you have to really decide where you want to live: if you want to live in the jungle or in the zoo. Because if you want the beauty, if you want freedom, the jungle is... that's your world.
Miloš Forman
What was important - that they punished if you're innocent, because that puts everybody, you know, puts fear in everybody.
Miloš Forman