Quotes About Milos

#1. During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was, saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.

Mandy Patinkin

#2. Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.

F. Murray Abraham

#3. Milos Forman is a great director, Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.

Twyla Tharp

#4. I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos.

Vincent Schiavelli

#5. I am definitely writing letters to lots of directors in my mind when I'm making a film. I'm chasing Woody Allen and Godard and Milos Forman and all these people.

Mike Mills

#6. There's no doubt Milos Raonic will be a very tough final opponent, after all he beat [ Roger] Federer on Centre Court to get there.

Andy Murray

#7. It is more important to be a personality than a person who is in a political party.

Milos Zeman

#8. Politicians differ in their views whether Russia or Islamic State is a bigger menace, and I personally think that Islamic State is the bigger threat.

Milos Zeman

#9. The only holiday of independence which I can never leave out is the celebration of the independence of the Jewish State of Israel.

Milos Zeman

#10. I admire personalities. Some politicians who are only great mice are just persons.

Milos Zeman

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

Milos Forman

#12. Los Angeles is such a widespread city, sometimes it's hard to see your friends, and food is a great way to get together - it's a great way of giving love.

Sofia Milos

#13. Anyone who supports terrorism, anyone who sees terrorism as a legitimate means, anyone who uses terrorism to cause the death of innocent people is a terrorist in my eyes.

Milos Zeman

#14. A left-wing idiot is as dangerous as a right-wing idiot.

Milos Zeman

#15. The best defence against mafia business is full declaration of assets and incomes.

Milos Zeman

#16. 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

#17. I'm very much into the Gypsy Kings. It's rumba and very festive, very passionate music, rhythmic guitar, passionate singing about love from happy people.

Sofia Milos

#18. I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.

Milos Forman

#19. 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

#20. [Andy Murray] tries to get you to do a lot of different things. He tries to throw you off by giving you some slower balls and some harder balls.

Milos Raonic

#21. 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

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

Milos Forman

#23. What I like about masturbation is that you don't have to talk afterwards.

Milos Forman

#24. Visas represent one bureaucratic obstacle, so to say and, if removed, might increase the inflow of Russian money into the Czech economy. And not only Russian money, but Russian tourists, Russian entrepreneurs and so on.

Milos Zeman

#25. 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

#26. I promise that as a president elected in a direct popular vote, I will try to be the voice of all citizens.

Milos Zeman

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

Milos Forman

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

Milos Forman

#29. There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice.

Milos Zeman

#30. I'll just let the hair speak for itself. It's got a Twitter account, so it actually does more speaking than I probably do on Twitter.

Milos Raonic

#31. 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

#32. 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

#33. I don't think Russia could start a war by attacking any of the NATO member states.

Milos Zeman

#34. I am sometimes accused of being a dictator because I provoked the extraordinary elections by nominating the interim government. Can you imagine any dictator who provokes free elections in his own country?

Milos Zeman

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

Milos Forman

#36. 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

#37. My goal is to keep him away from that and play the match on my terms so that I can be aggressive and not hesitate.

Milos Raonic

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

Milos Forman

#39. I'm very Italian, so I love cooking for friends. Whether it's Valentine's Day and my boyfriend and girlfriends' boyfriends are away, or someone's in town, or someone had a baby, I cook.

Sofia Milos

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

Milos Forman

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

Milos Forman

#42. 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

#43. 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

#44. The perfect party for me is having six to 12 people for dinner Friday or Saturday - good, fun friends, a lot of artists. I have a beautiful deck that looks over the canyon and Los Angeles on one side, so it's very pretty at night. It's a great opportunity to catch up with friends.

Sofia Milos

#45. Deep in my heart, I still believe that the democratization of Russia and the democratization of Ukraine will proceed.

Milos Zeman

#46. Russia can become a strategic partner in a fight against international terrorism.

Milos Zeman

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

Milos Forman

#48. Andy [Murray] is one of the premier workaholics. He's given himself a lot of opportunities through that.

Milos Raonic

#49. 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

#50. It is necessary to name the enemy of human civilization, and this enemy is international terrorism associated with religious fundamentalism and religious intolerance.

Milos Zeman

#51. I won't let any ambassador have a say about my foreign travels.

Milos Zeman

#52. 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

#53. Live in the future with which you create your present. Create and exchange and dont forget to acknowledge yourself and others.

Sofia Milos

#54. And so when the scar wraith approached him, he took a diagonal step backward putting himself behind Squirrel like a king retreating behind a pawn.

Neal Shusterman

#55. On how he met Wayne Gretzky: I was in L.A. preparing for Indian Wells, and a mutual friend asked if I'd like to have dinner with him. I think one of his daughters plays tennis so he knew about me. It was obviously something I was excited to do, and I left the dinner pretty amazed.

Milos Raonic

#56. Memories are doing funny things to us.

Milos Forman

#57. 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

#58. I do not understand those who divide political life from the point of view of political parties.

Milos Zeman