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If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.
— Francis Ford Coppola
'The Godfather' changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man's film career when I was 29.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.
— Francis Ford Coppola
As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'
— Francis Ford Coppola
I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.
— Francis Ford Coppola
But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money?
— Francis Ford Coppola
My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence.
— Victoria Gotti
When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I probably have genius. But no talent.
— Francis Ford Coppola
You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.
— Francis Ford Coppola
My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.
— Francis Ford Coppola
One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.
— Francis Ford Coppola
I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.
— Francis Ford Coppola
Drinking wine is just a part of life, like eating food.
— Francis Ford Coppola