Tomáš Skála

"To characterize Mr Lupač, he's my father-in-law, that was an incredible win! As a personality, he is really exceptional, even on the human side, in life. Everyone who needed help, he helped him and showed him everything because, in our craft, there are no big secrets. You really have to understand the wood and figure out a lot of things yourself. He's amazing as a person. They took me into the family, he had three daughters, and I came and married the youngest daughter. They accepted me as a son, and he's like my second dad or mom. He and Frída - they're amazing people, both of them. That was my biggest win. Of course, I can't forget my wife."

"I always like to say we're a watershed year, we 1970s. Going back even further, the class of 1970 started with sets in school, which was a pretty big deal, too. There used to be a nine-year attendance, and 1970 ended with an eight-year attendance. It went on - it used to be three-year courses, and we had three and a half years, there was no matriculation. That was four years, and you come to the army, and you vouch, you take an oath, we actually swore an oath to the Communist Party for two years. So we were putting up wires on the border, and soon, we started tearing them down. So I add to that year that we're the same age as Malátný from Chinaski, so they've already made a song for us, Husák's Children. I think that's a very positive thing."