He refused to repeat his part of Mr. Pudil from Sanitka (1984) in Sanitka II (2013). The part was eventually rewritten as Mr. Tatousek and Jirí Lábus was cast.

[on his first film role]: "In 1973 I came to Semafor Theater and shortly afterwards I shot my first comedy role in Jáchyme, hod ho do stroje! (1974). I had small part for just three days of filming, played a character of such a hysterical hothead, as the director Oldrich Lipský wanted me to do. I had no idea that by doing that, I would fall into such typecast for decades."