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

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

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.

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

Memories are doing funny things to us.

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

I'm convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.

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.

For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.

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

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.

You have to imprint your own style. People like authentic personalities.

Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt praise to God glorifies him.

...a Dorito asks nothing of you, which is its great gift. It only asks that you are not there.

You think that it must be great to be Superman but it's also hard to be Superman, especially when growing up.

For my last meal I'd want an Irish breakfast with soda bread and one of my dad's omelettes with three or four eggs.

We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.

When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.

I play my enemies like a game of chess

No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.

I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board.