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I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions. ↗

— David Copperfield

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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 Ford Coppola

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As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#continue #i #i can #long #lots

George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#george #george lucas #just #lucas #making

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 Ford Coppola

#comedies #early #exposure #father #had

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 what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#care #corman #could #dialogue #english

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 Ford Coppola

#classic #fairy #fairy tales #fairytales #i

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 Ford Coppola

#anything #business #human #human nature #i

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 Ford Coppola

#deal #exploited #fair #gave #him

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#considered #flag #godfather #good #good work