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It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was unique and surprising, to get it, to put it on film you have to make choices and reject a lot of things so you're always wondering: am I doing it right?

Stanley Donen

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Stanley Donen
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: April 13
Died: 2019
Died: February 21
Choreographer
Dancer
Film Director
Film Producer
Columbia
South Carolina
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