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My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.

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Sofia Coppola
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 12
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Sofia Carmina Coppola
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Dad

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