“When I met him, I wanted to tickle him.”
“If you do that, I will buy your station and fire you.”
“It’s difficult and painful, but should happen somehow.”
“A shock went through me of delight. A moment of great elation inside me.”
“I do believe you have a great alternative and that’s the internet. But you have to be prudent in navigating the internet.”
“Inconceivable.”
“I don’t know, I’ll probably have a sailor’s grave somewhere in the ocean. By the way, I shouldn’t die anyway.”
“I was paid to be terrifying. I do it well.”
“But there’s a great joy, awe – all my feelings I feel with awe.”
All quotes from an interview with the director after a screening of “Meeting Gorbachev” (May 10, 2019)
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