Movie Directors Who Made a Cameo Appearance in Their Own Films

Francis Ford Coppola

Some roles are more of a stretch than others. For Francis Ford Coppola, he decided to take a role that wasn't far off from his everyday life. He has a small part in Apocalypse Now as a shouting and aggressive director. Coppola screams at the actors "Don’t look at the camera! Just go by like you’re fighting. Like you’re fighting. Don’t look at the camera! This is for television. Just go through, go through."

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The More You Know

  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
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