Milos Forman
Milos Forman
Jan Tomáš Forman, known as Miloš Forman, is a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor, who until 1968 lived and worked primarily in Czechoslovakia...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 February 1932
CityCaslav, Czech Republic
thinking hollywood film
I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.
men thinking people
People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man.
character thinking self
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.
littles drowning twigs
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.
france england sold-out
You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.
years realizing easy
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.
memories funny-things
Memories are doing funny things to us.
new-york reality cities
I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.
behind committed desire europeans great reasons situation understanding
It was great to see committed Europeans understanding our situation and the reasons behind our desire for independence.
communism dangerous forcing twist
The most dangerous is that it's humiliating you. The communism humiliates your pride, because it's forcing you voluntarily to twist your spine.
cheap cheapest farmers imports matter people port prices produces protect wheat
Serbia produces wheat and so - understandably - they want to protect their farmers from imports of cheap wheat and bread. But we have our own port and think that we should give our people the cheapest prices for bread, no matter where we import it from.
basic democratic eu formula harms principle proposed vote
The formula proposed by the EU harms the basic democratic principle that each vote should have the same democratic value.
basis deal economy great natural ours union
If you look at the natural dispositions of the economies, a union does not make sense. Their economy has an agricultural basis and ours relies a great deal on tourism.
durable last three
If you look over the last three years, you can see Montenegro has a durable economy.