Francis Ford Coppola | family
They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I’d be sure to have some dough to support my family.
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Francis Ford Coppola | family
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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Francis Ford Coppola | experience
I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.
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Francis Ford Coppola | business
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.
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Francis Ford Coppola | business
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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