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Milos Forman Quotes
Czechoslovakian
-
Director
Born:
February 18
, 1932
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.
Milos Forman
Think
,
Always
,
Product
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.
Milos Forman
Lose
,
Communist
,
Certainly
Memories are doing funny things to us.
Milos Forman
Doing
,
Funny Things
,
Things
I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.
Milos Forman
City
,
New
,
Which
I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.
Milos Forman
Free Press
,
In My Opinion
Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.
Milos Forman
Humor
,
Important
,
Centuries
First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy.
Milos Forman
Work
,
Stupid
,
Doing
People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man.
Milos Forman
Think
,
Bad
,
Which
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.
Milos Forman
Television
,
Communist
,
Films
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.
Milos Forman
Committee
,
Everybody
,
Some
I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.
Milos Forman
Think
,
I Think
,
Everybody
So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.
Milos Forman
Paris
,
Left
,
Russians
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.
Milos Forman
Hope
,
Doing
,
Drowning
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.
Milos Forman
Lie
,
Communist
,
Steal
Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.
Milos Forman
My Life
,
Other
,
Two
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.
Milos Forman
Flag
,
Festival
,
I Remember
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.
Milos Forman
Switzerland
,
Films
,
Very
You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.
Milos Forman
England
,
Czechoslovakia
When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York.
Milos Forman
United States
,
New
,
Visiting
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.
Milos Forman
Other
,
Infected
,
Decadence
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.
Milos Forman
Communist
,
Amount
,
Films
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.
Milos Forman
Decision
,
Political
,
About
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