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Quote by Francis Ford Coppola

“Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.”

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Francis Ford Coppola, born on April 7, 1939, is an influential American film director known for his profound understanding of cinema and unique artistic style. His most famous works include the 'Godfather' series and 'Apocalypse Now'. more

“Somebody comes to your house. You know they're coming, so it's not a surprise. And they give you an envelope that has your scenes in it. And they sit in the car outside for a half an hour while you read your scenes, then they ring your doorbell and you give your scenes back. Then you shoot the movie a few weeks later or something. The next time you see your scenes is the night before you start shooting. I never read the script [Blue Jasmine], so I didn't really know what it was about.”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

“I remember calling and asking, because I had a few lines that were like, "How could the character have done this?" and I hadn't read the part of the script that said what she [ Cate Blanchett] did, so they put me on the phone with Woody... Allen. I don't know if I could really say "Woody."”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

“I talked to Woody Allen for half an hour or something. It was pretty incredible. He really went into lots of detail about the story [in Blue Jasmin] and what actually happened. Just talking to him is very surreal.”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

“[ Woody Allen] persona in the films are so iconic; it's like on par with Groucho Marx or something like that.”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

“Just getting to talk to that person [Woody Allen ] in real life was pretty wild.”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

“The movie [Blue Jasmin] shot very quick. I met Cate Blanchett in the car on the way to set, and we did that last scene, and she was just so phenomenal. I had basically met her that day. Because the way he shoots, everybody just shows up and does their thing, and he moves us very quickly.”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

“[Woody Allen] does very few takes, and he doesn't give a whole ton of directions, although he does give direction.”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

“I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.”

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Author:David Bailey

“One of the big takeaways from that experience [in Blue Jasmin] was just what a thrill it was to act with somebody like Cate Blanchett operating on that caliber. Because what she was doing was very powerful. T”

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Author:Alden Ehrenreich

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