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- Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show.
- 'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.
- I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.
- I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.
- My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio…
- Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more…
- 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…
- The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the…
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