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I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.
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My film isn't about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. It's what it was really like. It was crazy. And the way we made it was very much like the way the Americans were in Vietnam. We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little we went insane.
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I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.
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I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.
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Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.
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