"I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book."
― Francis Ford Coppola
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― Francis Ford Coppola
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- "Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves. He’s very fortunate because he can do the things he naturally likes the best, and he’s been very successful."
- "As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I’ll continue to subsidize my own work."
- "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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