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film school," and i decided to become a film student. it was like a night and day decision. >> "the godfather," um, why did you get the - the directing job? you weren't a famous movie director at that time. >> i was the opposite of a famous - eh first of all there had been a movie, uh a year or so before "the godfather" called "the brotherhood," and it was, i think with kirk douglas. it was a big flop. >> and "the brotherhood" was a gangster movie? >> and it was a gangster - >> and so - so the idea was, this is a bad way to - >> so every - every director turned it down, and so they decided to give this nobody, who was italian american, a screenwriter and was young. i was about 28, uh, the chance. >> is it true that you almost got fired several times? >> oh yeah, for sure. i mean, i would say i was almost fired more than four times. one time i thought i was fired.