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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 Ford Coppola

#age #aware #because #career #deadline

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#ate #being #food #had #house

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#hated #i #me #number #school

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

— Francis Ford Coppola

#camaraderie #friends #had #i #kid

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

— Francis Ford Coppola

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I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#always #been #could #directors #doing

I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model. ↗

— Ville Valo

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