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The professional world was muc...

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

The essence of cinema is editi...

The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

Ten Days That Shook The World,...

Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

Roger Corman exploited all of ...

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

My film is not a movie; it's n...

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

Most Italians who came to this...

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

Listen, if there's one sure-fi...

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.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

It's ironic that at age 32, at...

It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

In kindergarten that used to b...

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I wrote the script of Patton. ...

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I was the kind of kid that had...

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I thought I wanted to be a pla...

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I think cinema, movies, and ma...

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I remember teachers who really...

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I remember growing up with tel...

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I liked to work in a shop down...

I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I landed a job with Roger Corm...

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I had been a kid that moved so...

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I had an older brother who was...

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.

Francis Coppola 191 quotes

I had a number of very strong ...

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....