Francis Ford Coppola

Well, I'd always heard the rumor that Marlon Brando didn't like loud noises and he always wore things in his ears. So I took a couple of my colleagues from San Francisco from this period of, you know, having young filmmakers all have a... And I told them all to dress in black and no one was to speak. We would do sign language. And so we descended on Marlon's house early in the morning.

Well, I'd always heard the rumor that Marlon Brando didn't like loud noises and he always wore things in his ears. So I took a couple of my colleagues from San Francisco from this period of, you know, having young filmmakers all have a... And I told them all to dress in black and no one was to speak. We would do sign language. And so we descended on Marlon's house early in the morning.

He wasn't up and these dinges went to different corners and set up their cameras. And I also brought a whole bunch of like Italian sausage and little Italian cigars and provolone and little things. And I put them in dishes around just without even saying what I was doing. And then the door opened. They said...

He wasn't up and these dinges went to different corners and set up their cameras. And I also brought a whole bunch of like Italian sausage and little Italian cigars and provolone and little things. And I put them in dishes around just without even saying what I was doing. And then the door opened. They said...

He wasn't up and these dinges went to different corners and set up their cameras. And I also brought a whole bunch of like Italian sausage and little Italian cigars and provolone and little things. And I put them in dishes around just without even saying what I was doing. And then the door opened. They said...

He was gonna wake up in the door open out came this beautiful man in a Japanese robe with flowing blonde hair and I'm shooting all of this and he came out and he didn't talk very much he you know, he's Marlon was a brilliant man and he just knew what was going on instantly and he I remember he came and he took his hair and he rolled it up and made it sort of like a bun in the back and then he took

He was gonna wake up in the door open out came this beautiful man in a Japanese robe with flowing blonde hair and I'm shooting all of this and he came out and he didn't talk very much he you know, he's Marlon was a brilliant man and he just knew what was going on instantly and he I remember he came and he took his hair and he rolled it up and made it sort of like a bun in the back and then he took

He was gonna wake up in the door open out came this beautiful man in a Japanese robe with flowing blonde hair and I'm shooting all of this and he came out and he didn't talk very much he you know, he's Marlon was a brilliant man and he just knew what was going on instantly and he I remember he came and he took his hair and he rolled it up and made it sort of like a bun in the back and then he took

shoe polish and he made and he was mumbling the whole time and he made a shoe polish and made his hair black and then he put on the shirt that i had brought and i remember him folding the the lapel those guys always that lapel is always folded he said and um and right in front of my eyes but then he said well he's shot in the throat in the story somebody should talk like this you know his throat

shoe polish and he made and he was mumbling the whole time and he made a shoe polish and made his hair black and then he put on the shirt that i had brought and i remember him folding the the lapel those guys always that lapel is always folded he said and um and right in front of my eyes but then he said well he's shot in the throat in the story somebody should talk like this you know his throat

shoe polish and he made and he was mumbling the whole time and he made a shoe polish and made his hair black and then he put on the shirt that i had brought and i remember him folding the the lapel those guys always that lapel is always folded he said and um and right in front of my eyes but then he said well he's shot in the throat in the story somebody should talk like this you know his throat

And he started doing that. And right in front of my eyes, he transformed himself into this character. And I couldn't believe it. And then he started picking up the sausage and eating it. And he just gravitated to the props and was using it to create a kind of Italian-ness the way he did it. And the whole time he was just going like this. He was going...

And he started doing that. And right in front of my eyes, he transformed himself into this character. And I couldn't believe it. And then he started picking up the sausage and eating it. And he just gravitated to the props and was using it to create a kind of Italian-ness the way he did it. And the whole time he was just going like this. He was going...

And he started doing that. And right in front of my eyes, he transformed himself into this character. And I couldn't believe it. And then he started picking up the sausage and eating it. And he just gravitated to the props and was using it to create a kind of Italian-ness the way he did it. And the whole time he was just going like this. He was going...

He wasn't saying anything, which was funny because his phone rang. This was his home. His phone rang, and he picked up the phone and went, I said, my God, who was it who called? What are they going to think? But when it was all done, I had this tape, and it was quite remarkable.

He wasn't saying anything, which was funny because his phone rang. This was his home. His phone rang, and he picked up the phone and went, I said, my God, who was it who called? What are they going to think? But when it was all done, I had this tape, and it was quite remarkable.

He wasn't saying anything, which was funny because his phone rang. This was his home. His phone rang, and he picked up the phone and went, I said, my God, who was it who called? What are they going to think? But when it was all done, I had this tape, and it was quite remarkable.