Peter Bogdanovich Net Worth

Peter Bogdanovich's Quotes

• They're all so jealous in Hollywood. It's not enough to have a hit. Your best friend should also have a failure.
• I've always been a self-confessed opportunist.
• I always thought that the goal in movies was to extinguish disbelief.
• The end of the studio system signaled the end of the great screen stars. They were the sort of actors who brought their own charismatic personas to each role they played. Audiences felt as if they knew them immediately every time they watched one of their movies.
• Marlon Brando changed everything for actors. After him, everyone wanted to be Marlon. No one wanted to be a type: they all wanted to display versatility in every role. But the brilliance that Marlon had was that he had star personality that shone through in every role.

Interesting Facts about Peter Bogdanovich

1. Father of Antonia Bogdanovich and Sashy Bogdanovich.
2. Boyfriend of Playboy Playmate of the year Dorothy Stratten (1980) who was murdered by her estranged jealous husband. Wrote a book about Stratten soon after.
3. His mother was from an Austrian Jewish family and his father was of Serbian descent.
4. Married to Dorothy Stratten's sister Louise (b. 1968) from 1988-2001
5. (1971 - 1978) Partner of Cybill Shepherd
6. Was meant to direct A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) with Sergio Leone producing, but backed out at the last minute due to his fear of such a large production. Leone stepped in and directed it himself.
7. He was offered the chance to direct The Godfather (1972), but turned down producer Robert Evans, as did several other directors. It was only then that Evans hired Francis Ford Coppola.
8. Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Pages 133-138. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
9. Has a signed photograph from Cybill Shepherd hanging in the study of his New York City apartment signed "Dear Sven, I wouldn't be here without you." "Sven" is short for "Svengali", the musician in George L. Du Maurier's Bohemian novel "Trilby" who, through hypnosis, teaches the eponymous heroine to sing and controls her singing for his own purposes.
10. Something of a film historian, he set out to interview a good many of the important directors and stars from the "Golden Age of Hollywood", interviews later compiled in a series of books he released. While his "relationships" with some of his subjects were mere brief encounters, others turned into long-lasting friendships. Among the legends he befriended were Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Renoir, Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich and Jerry Lewis.
11. Believes that his falling out with legendary director John Ford was related to his guiding long-time Ford repertory member Ben Johnson to the Academy Award. His ex-wife, Polly Platt, says that Ford didn't like Bogdanovich's treatment of her that led to a divorce. Platt stayed close to Ford until he died.
12. Directed 6 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Ben Johnson, Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn. Johnson, Leachman and O'Neal all won Oscars for their performances.
13. Interviewed in "The Director's Event: Interviews with Five American Filmmakers", by Eric Sherman and Martin Rubin.
14. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1981.
15. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1992.
16. After At Long Last Love (1975) was pulled from theaters due to poor ticket sales, he wrote an open letter, printed in newspapers throughout the country, apologizing for the quality of the film.
17. Turned down an offer to direct Chinatown (1974).
18. An extensive interview with Fritz Lang resulted in the book "Fritz Lang in America" published by Praesger in 1967.
19. Will be working in Australia's Fox Studios, for a "Natalie Wood" project starring Justine Waddell and Sophie Monk. [June 2003]
20. Five of his first eight pictures are period pieces. He's directed seven in all.