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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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" I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money. "
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