I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is ‘Judo’ Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He’s the godfather of MMA.
Nobody criticized the characters in ‘The Godfather’ for being bad examples of how to be men.
As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like ‘The Godfather’ or ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ or ‘The Graduate.’ You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write.
I was in a commercial when I was three. My godfather was a director and a producer of commercials. He took me in along with his kids and I couldn’t remember my lines. I giggled my way through the commercial and they kept it.
You know, if James Brown is the godfather of soul then Richard Pryor is the godfather of comedy, period. That man knocked down all those last freedom of speech doors.
I see myself as the godfather of the streets.
Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore.
I grew up on film sets and I had a ball. It wouldn’t have had nearly as much fun if my dad had been working behind a desk somewhere. I remember being on the set of ‘The Godfather: Part III,’ and all the kids were running around and doing crazy things, and Francis Ford Coppola just embraced that.
I was never one of those surly teenagers who doesn’t smile. My lovely godfather said it was always lovely to see me because I was the only teenager who smiled. And I was so in awe of him, I thought it was one of the best things anyone had ever said to me. So it made me want to live up to what he said.
I had to get a job, and of course, the job was ‘The Godfather.’ That made me be something I didn’t know I was going to be. I became a big-shot director.
I never had any Godfather nor superstar boyfriends to piggy ride upon in the film industry.
I got a call on a Sunday. ‘Do you want to do ‘The Godfather?’ I thought they were kidding me, right? I said, ‘Yes, of course, I love that book’ – which I had never read.
If I feel like a night in, or if I have an early plane to catch, I like to make some chai tea and snack on dark chocolate while watching a movie on my projector and big screen. I’m crazy about all kinds of movies, especially the classic Steven Spielberg ones or ‘The Godfather.’
My godfather was a man named Justin Dart. Some of you may remember Justin Dart. My younger son’s name is Justin, named after Justin Dart. I was executor of his estate, and he was my godfather. I first really got time to spend with Ronald Reagan with Justin Dart personally, one-on-one.
I loved ‘Life is Beautiful’ and action films are great, like ‘Die Hard.’ My favourite is the mob film – ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Once Upon a Time In America,’ anything with Robert De Niro in it.
Chris Martin’s a good friend of mine. I’m actually Apple’s godfather. He’s an old friend and we’ve been mates for quite a few years now.
I’ve seen ‘The Godfather Part II,’ ‘Broadcast News,’ and ‘Annie Hall’ more than 20 times each.
I’m the Godfather of Boxing. Everything is out in the open with me. What you see is what you get.
‘The Godfather’ has been a film which has influenced me a lot.
Anybody who was in ‘The Godfather’ is a tough guy.
I did not have a godfather.
‘Animal Kingdom’ feels like a suburban Melbourne version of ‘The Godfather ‘to me. It’s epic and Shakespearean in its story, and yet you still feel like you can reach out and touch it.
I never watched ‘The Godfather’ and it seems too late now. The same happened with ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘The Wire’ and ‘Peaky Blinders.’ I don’t know if they can be compared but they feel to me like they had a lot of male violence that I’m not massively into.
Producer Shrikant Mohta of Venkatesh Films that made ‘Josh,’ is like my godfather.
Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident.
I was up for Michael Corleone in ‘The Godfather,’ but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in ‘Pretty Woman’ held a bizarre allure for me. But, it’s silly to look back with regret.
Between ‘The Godfather,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘Goodfellas,’ and the countless other mob stories that have been both critically and commercially acclaimed over the years, it’s not hard to see why a game like ‘Mafia Wars’ works.
Some of the greatest movies of all time are within this genre, ‘The Godfather,’ and ‘Goodfellas,’ and ‘Untouchables’ and there’s just so many classic gangster movies that I was always such a fan of.
The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That’s why so many bad novels can become good movies, like ‘Jaws’ or ‘The Godfather.’
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
I am the promise guardian to a wonderful girl called Grace, a role akin to a godfather but without the Christian responsibilities, as I am a devout Jedi.
Am I the only one who exposes? Just because I don’t have a godfather, or I’m not a star kid, I’m told that I expose. I don’t care.
I watch a ton of movies. Going way back, I like ‘The Godfather.’ ‘The Matrix’ was one of my favorites – the first one; they got a little carried away after the first one. Those are two that stand out.
So many people have helped me in my life, and Amar Singh ji is my godfather.
‘The Godfather’ changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man’s film career when I was 29.
I never think of myself as a big star. Getting good scripts is all I think about. I don’t have a godfather or anyone to take care of me. To move forward, I have to be very careful in choosing the right scripts, the right director, and the right technicians.
I’m a huge Coppola fan. But more of ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘The Conversation.’ ‘The Godfather’ for me is, like, number three or four on the list.
When the ‘godfather of punk’ thing started floatin’ around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a great, big rig and a cape and everything, and it was very embarrassing. And then after a while, you learn that if people call you anything, this is a great gift.
Films like ‘The Godfather,’ ‘The Exorcist,’ ‘Klute,’ ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Network,’ and ‘The Parallax View’: They were drawn from the genre tradition, but they dressed down the stylistic telling of those traditions and genres.
Lee Marvin was my godfather and a very close friend of my father’s. My father directed the very successful ‘Point Blank’ in which Lee Marvin starred.
Where do I begin with ‘The Godfather?’ It’s like explaining why the ‘Bible’ is so popular. I’ll always remember seeing the first one because it was the only time I went to the movies with my grandfather.
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