Skip to main content
Арабские красавицы на фестивале в Дубаи. ТОП-10Арабские красавицы на фестивале в Дубаи. ТОП-10 14 самых удивительных вертикальных садов мира14 самых удивительных вертикальных садов мира Крупнейшие радиационные аварии и катастрофы современностиКрупнейшие радиационные аварии и катастрофы современности
Milos Forman

I tell you, in my opinion, th...

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

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Well, I wouldn't say that thi...

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 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Milan Kundera was my literatu...

Milan Kundera was my literature professor. He's a Francophile, so he made us read French novels like 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' which I made a version of many years later as 'Valmont.'

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

First of all, to defend my wo...

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

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

When you make a film, you rea...

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.

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Individuals fighting or rebel...

Individuals fighting or rebelling against the status quo, the establishment, is good for drama.

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

When I came for the first tim...

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

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Well, listen, you know, the C...

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 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Now, after the communist take...

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 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Humor was not important only ...

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

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Holocaust films will be made ...

Holocaust films will be made and should be made as long as we can't understand what makes people so cruel to each other.

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Because I just loved to spend...

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

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

Communists love to make films...

Communists love to make films about composers because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

So, thanks God, our films, ou...

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 41 quotes
Milos Forman

First of all, whoever didn't ...

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 41 quotes
Milos Forman

We have funny ideas about how...

We have funny ideas about how people in mental institutions act. We think of drooling and people going booga-booga and climbing the wall. These are exceptional cases.

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

The worst evil is - and that'...

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 41 quotes
Milos Forman

I was born in a small town. M...

I was born in a small town. My parents, my father was a teacher. My mother was a housewife.

Milos Forman 41 quotes
Milos Forman

I remember in 1968 when we we...

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 41 quotes
Milos Forman

And also they were absolutely...

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 41 quotes

Last interesting articles

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками Holiday

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

23

Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют Holiday

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

83

Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие Holiday

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

115

Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы Holiday

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

219

Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих Holiday

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

541

Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие Holiday

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

165

Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....