Milos Forman Quotes - BrainyQuote

Czechoslovakian - Director Born: February 18, 1932

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

City Better Reality Looks

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.

Myself Character Think Evil

I worked with Jack Nitzsche for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' and we'd booked a symphony orchestra. He dismissed them and came with a little man who poured water into glasses of different sizes to make a glass harmonica. And most of the music for the film was that - with some Indian flutes and some drums.

Music Water Man Glasses

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.

Freedom You Lose Your

I can say, with a little arrogance, that I could be an actor, a cameraman, a writer, but composers are the most mysterious people.

People Arrogance I Can Mysterious

When you make a film, you realize that the audience will be powerless to stop it or flip back to refresh their memories or skip the boring parts. They are at the mercy of your storytelling.

Memories You Your Boring

Memories are doing funny things to us.

Funny Memories Doing Things

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 Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever.

You Lie Way Know

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 person says or how this person think(s), you know.

You Control Know Person

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

Life My Life Loved Company

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First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy.

Work I Am Believe Stupid

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.

You Know Dangerous Like

Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.

Me You Humor Important

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 the festival collapsed because the French, you know, film-makers raised the red flag in the festival and ended the festival.

Day You Red Remember

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

You Democracy Free Opinion

I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.

You Think Know Make

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 year another three, four, five students.

You School Know Three

People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man.

Moment You Man People

So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.

Paris Left Prague Russians

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.

Good God Media Switzerland

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.

Experience Decision Political Never

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.

Hope You Doing Know

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

Time New New York First Time

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

You Know Just Out

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.

You Sex Nothing Know

Technically, you can learn everything on the set as an assistant director, and rather quickly.

You Learn Everything Director

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