Coppola: No 2nd, 3rd Takes in This Life

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NEW YORK — Francis Ford Coppola says little would change if he were given a chance to do his life over, like the central character in his new movie, "Youth Without Youth."

"It would be the same life," the Oscar-winning director says in an interview in Sunday's The New York Times Magazine. "When I die, I am not going to be there saying 'Oh, I wish I had done this, and I wish I had done that.' Because I did it."

The director of "The Godfather" and Apocalypse Now" says that goes for his movies, too.

"Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time. I don't know of anyone who has done it. I guess (Japanese director Akira) Kurosawa has come the closest."

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