Francis Ford Coppola quotes - page 3

I probably have genius. But no talent. (Francis Ford Coppola)
I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way. View quote
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When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have. View quote
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Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued. View quote
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My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph. View quote
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I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works. View quote
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The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it. View quote
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I bring to my life a certain amount of mess. View quote
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The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it. View quote
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I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor. View quote
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I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean. (Francis Ford Coppola)
It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me. View quote
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All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other. View quote
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The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed. View quote
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If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor. View quote
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To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.' View quote
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When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public. View quote
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Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. View quote
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By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start. View quote
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'Godfather' was very classical, the way it was shot, the style, the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean. View quote
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I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam. (Francis Ford Coppola)
I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that. View quote
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I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films. View quote
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When a movie is about to come out on its initial debut, there are a lot of people involved - the financiers, the studio and the producers and also, many times, the foreign distributors. So it is a time of tremendous pressure and uncertainty. View quote
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I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. View quote
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