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Milos Forman Quotes

Czechoslovakian - Director | February 18, 1932 -

Definitely, it would be foolish to try and make my Czech films here in America, as foolish as it is when some Czech filmmakers try to make movies of America in Czechoslovakia.

America Movies Try Foolish Here

Mediocrity never goes away - but neither, I hope, do those who are willing to challenge it.

Hope Challenge Mediocrity Never Away

I can say, with a little arrogance, that I could be an actor, a cameraman, a writer, but composers are the most mysterious people.

People Arrogance I Can Say Actor

I think if I tried very hard, I could do a novel or a play, a poem. I could possibly paint a picture, but I know I can't write music. And still, it is the most accessible of all arts, as you know when you hear a tune.

Music Think Picture You Play Know

I don't think I was ever as fascinated or have had so much respect for anybody like James Cagney.

Respect Think Like Much Anybody Had

You think you can do anything, and then you slowly learn how wrong you are.

Think Learn You Wrong Anything 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.

Funny People Ideas Think Wall Act

In Czechoslovakia, we consider Kafka a very funny man. A humorist.

Funny Man Consider Very Humorist

A modern hero is very ambiguous. I went through some very rough times in Czechoslovakia - the occupation by the Germans at the end of the war. We had people going against their tanks with brooms. Are they nuts, or are they heroes?

Hero War People End Heroes Nuts

I don't mind getting involved in a risky project as long as I don't have to stay married to it if the script turns out lousy.

Mind Long Project Out Involved Stay

The way one perceives a book and a film are totally different. You read a book in the privacy of your room. You are the boss; you set the pace and rhythm of your reading. In the movie house, you can't do that.

Boss Book Reading You House Privacy

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