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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."
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"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."
"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."
"I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone."
"I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York."
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"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."
"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."
"Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know."
"When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York."
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