I Think Everybody Dreamt Somehow To Make

I Lived Long Enough In A Society Where Freedom Of Speech Was Nonexistent, And I Know What Kind Of Misery That Creates - Starting With The Fact That Life Becomes Very Boring For People Who Just Try To Survive, And Are Quiet, And Try Not To Buck The System. And, Of Course, It Can Be Devastating For People Who Try To Speak Against It.

People Who Make Documentaries Have To Be Faithful To The Facts. But When You Are Making A Drama, A Fiction Based On The Life, All You Have To Be Faithful To Is The Spirit Of The Facts, Which I Think I Was In Every Case. As Long As You Don't Violate Their Spirit, You Can Play With The Facts.

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.

Communists Love To Make Films About Composers, Because Composers Compose Music And Don't Talk Subversive Things.