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Film director not too keen about very quiet acting (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coppola

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'film director' is the definition.
(Francis Ford Coppola)

'not too keen about very quiet acting' is the wordplay.
'not too keen' becomes 'cool' (cool can mean unenthusiastic, eg a cool reception).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'very quiet' becomes 'pp'.
'acting' becomes 'a' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'cool' going around 'pp' is 'coppol'.
'coppol'+'a'='COPPOLA'

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(Other definitions for coppola that I've seen before include "The Godfather director" , "Francis Ford --, US film-maker" , "Direct" , "Francis Ford ___ , US film director" .)

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